Sick Hen/flock

[John The Mailman]

I came back vacation and noticed some hens gurgling, sneezing, sleeping more, and eating less
I couldn’t bring all the sick ones I brought in the one in the worst shape imo
she does have what looks like a pimple on her waddle. I’ve got her in a tub with fresh water(electrolytes and probiotics), feed , mash feed and a scambled egg. She won’t eat on her own I have to bring her out and set her in front of it to eat.
Any suggestions on how to get them feeling better? The hen in pics also squawks very frequently

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Does she have anything in her mouth you can see? Unfortunately these symptoms fit lots of things but wet fowl pox can be easily ruled out if there isn’t cheesy looking stuff in their mouths

 

[John The Mailman]

Does she have anything in her mouth you can see? Unfortunately these symptoms fit lots of things but wet fowl pox can be easily ruled out if there isn’t cheesy looking stuff in their mouths

No cheesy stuff but some have thick saliva

 

[John The Mailman]

Update this morning she’s completely laying on her side and when I walked by she flailed her legs and wings and went back to laying on her side, legs and wings out

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I will tag some people who can help. @Eggcessive @azygous @Wyorp Rock

 

[azygous]

Sounds like it could be an upper respiratory illness. There's also a possibility these chickens are suffering from heat sickness.

Treat the respiratory sympotms with this antibiotic. https://jedds.com/products/amoxy-tyl?_pos=3&_sid=cb74b4579&_ss=r

Treat heat sickness by providing a cooling medium such as dampened soil to lie in or ice cubes to scratch in to cool the legs and feet.

Most important, give them all an electrolyte solution to drink. Per chicken, one cup of water with a pinch of salt and baking soda with one teaspoon sugar.

 

[John The Mailman]

Sounds like it could be an upper respiratory illness. There's also a possibility these chickens are suffering from heat sickness.

Treat the respiratory sympotms with this antibiotic. https://jedds.com/products/amoxy-tyl?_pos=3&_sid=cb74b4579&_ss=r

Treat heat sickness by providing a cooling medium such as dampened soil to lie in or ice cubes to scratch in to cool the legs and feet.

Most important, give them all an electrolyte solution to drink. Per chicken, one cup of water with a pinch of salt and baking soda with one teaspoon sugar.

I do hose down the ground where the shade is all day and I’ll be ordering that antibiotic immediately! Thank you

 

[Eggcessive]

I hope that you can get them drinking fluids, cool off, and have plenty of shade. Have you added a new bird to your flock in the last couple of weeks, or does your chicken sitter have birds of their own that might have made your sick. It only takes a few days after exposure for symptoms to show up. Signs include watery or bubbly eye, swollen eyelid, crackles or rales when breathing, gasping, head shaking to clear their airway, and swallowing or dripping mucus from the beak.

 

[John The Mailman]

I added some big fans outside where I wet the ground. flock sitter doesn’t appear to have sick birds. Some are exhibiting all the symptoms you mentioned and others are showing 1-2 of the symptoms.

 

[JPadronMiami]

get some plastic water bottles fill em up and freeze them then add then to the water containers specially for the birds you still have outside, you can use the smaller water bottles and freeze them for the smaller containers, its been so hot and humid here lately its been the best thing I can do for my birds..... as well as put up a few fans facing down and towards the egg boxes, i covered the fans in hardware cloth in case the birds fly up on them to roost, it protects them and their feet. incidentally, i have a few smaller kiddie pools in the runs with fresh water and the chickens actually stand in the water to cool off their feet, keep us posted!