Sick hen

[frostic]

San Antonio

https://sanantoniovets.com/

or googling san antonio avian vet

came up with a few.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @azygous

Sorry I just realized that she's looking for a vet to take her to. I apologize

 

[HeatherKellyB]

http://www.poultrydvm.com/poultry-vets.php

 

[HeatherKellyB]

 

[Gtstricky]

https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/tests/necropsy-poultry/

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Are you looking for a state vet lab for necropsy or avian vet to see her

 

[frostic]

Are you looking for a state vet lab for necropsy or avian vet to see her

they are looking for both i think. I hope your chick will be ok. get them to a vet asap.

 

[nknkdvt]

I had already buried the one who died. Her sister is still alive. I could take her to a vet.

 

[Eggcessive]

There are 3 labs in Texas where you can send a body to have a necropsy performed, and they will test it for respiratory diseases. Knowing which one that is affecting your flock will help to decide whether an antibiotic may help or not. The body should be kept cold on ice in a cooler, but don’t freeze. Here is a list with TX vet labs:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

 

[Eggcessive]

You may want to research chronic respiratory diseases in chickens. Most diseases, such as Mycoplasma (MG,) coryza, ILT, infectious bronchitis, and ORT, make them carriers and usually all flock members have been exposed by the time the first bird is sick. There is no cure for most of the diseases above, except for infectious bronchitis, which lasts about a month. The others are still there even after antibiotics which ease some symptoms, and the disease does it’s damage around the body. The lungs, air sacs, and organs may show signs upon a necropsy (autopsy.) Young chickens that suffer will never gain the weight or be productive egg layers or healthy.

The best way to avoid these diseases is to get baby chicks from a hatchery, where they have never been exposed to other poultry. Avoid buying chickens from unknown people, and even some breeders can have diseases. To completely rid a flock of the disease, all birds have to be culled and then wait a few weeks to get new chicks.