Silkie thread!

[BarnGoddess01]

whens she breaths it sounds like someone snoring

no i have not isolated her shes with the other chicks i have no where to put her but i dont think its gapeworm but she is streching her neck trying to breath she still eats but wont drink water or atleast i havent seen here trying to drink water

It definitely sounds respiratory. You should isolate her. Have you got a cat kennel or a dog crate? Any kind of box? If she were mine, I would bring her into the heated part of the house, away from the other chickens. She also probably needs to see a vet for proper diagnosis. If a vet isn't possible, perhaps others here could recommend an antibiotic.

 

[Hawkeye95]

no i have not isolated her shes with the other chicks i have no where to put her but i dont think its gapeworm but she is streching her neck trying to breath she still eats but wont drink water or atleast i havent seen here trying to drink water

At this point, you're going to need something like Baytril-- this is definitely upper respiratory congestion. Likely an infection, and drugs in the water are nearly useless because they won't drink enough of it. It'll have to be injections, or using a dropper for getting the meds down. I prefer injection, it's quick, and I'm positive that it all went in-- nothing spilled. BTW-- Duramycin and other similar drugs bind to calcium (which is in their feed) and it will not be effective. Not fast enough, anyway. They would have to drink a LOT of it to make up for the initial loss in potency. You do need to separate out that bird- respiratory is usually highly contagious. I'd just get a cardboard box from the grocery and put a screen over the top with fresh newspaper and then clean chips in the bottom. Put water and feed in there and watch to see how much she is drinking. You WILL need to force water down her if she's not. I'd mix the electrolytes with just a tiny pinch of sugar to help keep up her energy and dropper it down bit by bit. Once you start medication and she is responding, THEN I'd get some probiotics to help counteract the antibiotics in the bowels. I use a powder that is meant for goats-- it comes in a big tub, and runs about $13-- but it will last forever, and it's great to have on hand. I've done this all successfully, and it works, but you have to act fast.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Gape worm usually comes from dew worms, I believe, or wild birds. Did your birds ever spend any time outside? A vet could do a fecal exam for you - quite quickly. I just had one done on my birds. (Negative, thankfully!) I believe gape worm will show on that. WELL worth doing at this point. But I think it would be unusual for a young indoor chicken to get gape worm especially at this time of year in Ontario. I would suspect respiratory at this point as well.

Gape worm will not show on a fecal.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Good to know. Thank you!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

At this point, you're going to need something like Baytril-- this is definitely upper respiratory congestion. Likely an infection, and drugs in the water are nearly useless because they won't drink enough of it. It'll have to be injections, or using a dropper for getting the meds down. I prefer injection, it's quick, and I'm positive that it all went in-- nothing spilled. BTW-- Duramycin and other similar drugs bind to calcium (which is in their feed) and it will not be effective. Not fast enough, anyway. They would have to drink a LOT of it to make up for the initial loss in potency. You do need to separate out that bird- respiratory is usually highly contagious. I'd just get a cardboard box from the grocery and put a screen over the top with fresh newspaper and then clean chips in the bottom. Put water and feed in there and watch to see how much she is drinking. You WILL need to force water down her if she's not. I'd mix the electrolytes with just a tiny pinch of sugar to help keep up her energy and dropper it down bit by bit. Once you start medication and she is responding, THEN I'd get some probiotics to help counteract the antibiotics in the bowels. I use a powder that is meant for goats-- it comes in a big tub, and runs about $13-- but it will last forever, and it's great to have on hand. I've done this all successfully, and it works, but you have to act fast.

At this point they have all been exposed. ALL should be on the gallimycin--it is excellent for respiratory. I would agree that you need to force the medicated water on the one who is ill; probably mixed at a higher concentration than typically recommended as the bird is not drinking on its own, and you want to get sufficient medicine into the bird to be therapeutic. Isolating it is a reaonable idea--that way you can keep a closer eye on it and limit the exposure that others are getting. If they are on chick feed, there should be very little calcium in the feed.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

I am being told that gapeworms eggs WILL show up in the feces of infected birds ....

 

[henney penny]

This is my splash he is 8 months old

 

[sager:)silkies]

At this point they have all been exposed. ALL should be on the gallimycin--it is excellent for respiratory. I would agree that you need to force the medicated water on the one who is ill; probably mixed at a higher concentration than typically recommended as the bird is not drinking on its own, and you want to get sufficient medicine into the bird to be therapeutic. Isolating it is a reaonable idea--that way you can keep a closer eye on it and limit the exposure that others are getting. If they are on chick feed, there should be very little calcium in the feed.

so should i remove the one fro the rest or not bother sense the rest have been infected

 

[sager:)silkies]

i do got them all on gallimycin nice to now its a great for respiratory but will it do the trick now the chick kinda sounds like a cat meowing

 

[sager:)silkies]

i just gave him some now she didnt like it lol but atleast shes got some liquids in her