Mary Herb
In the Brooder
- May 20, 2017
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Hello!
I am following up a previous thread related to my blue brahma, Blue.
I adopted her at 2 months of age along with 3 other chickens who were at about 4 months of age from a ranch near my home. Within about 2 weeks Blue started showing signs of being sick but I didn't realize it, I thought she was just less active. After about a month we started to treat her with Tylan 200 and were cleaning her beak several times a day because she started sneezing and having nasal discharge. Soon the sneezing spread to the 4 other chickens in the coop so I took Blue to a vet to get a diagnosis. We did a fecal sample and turns out she had coccidia so we treated the entire flock. Then we retested her and she came back clean. At the same time, the vet prescribed a doxycycline oral gel to administer with a syringe down her throat for the other sneezing chickens. We were also administering doxycycline to their water. Everyone is growing, eating, acting and pooping normally and 1 of the chickens we adopted has started laying. (we are waiting 60 days before eating any of the eggs since the chickens were taking antibiotic)
I have been treating Blue now for 2 months. Her energy and temperment have dramatically improved but she is still sneezing and still has nasal discharge.
I can't afford to keep paying for vet visits and medicine and I am loosing my patience with administering the medicine orally -- it is very, very tough and it stresses both of us out.
I am wondering if anyone has ever dealt with this or if you have any suggestions on what to do. I feel like my options are
1) Stop giving her medicine, leaver her in the coop with the others and see what happens / let nature deal with it
2) Stop giving her medicine, isolate her in a cage away from the others and see what happens
3) Say good bye to Blue
Thank you for your time and insight!
I am following up a previous thread related to my blue brahma, Blue.
I adopted her at 2 months of age along with 3 other chickens who were at about 4 months of age from a ranch near my home. Within about 2 weeks Blue started showing signs of being sick but I didn't realize it, I thought she was just less active. After about a month we started to treat her with Tylan 200 and were cleaning her beak several times a day because she started sneezing and having nasal discharge. Soon the sneezing spread to the 4 other chickens in the coop so I took Blue to a vet to get a diagnosis. We did a fecal sample and turns out she had coccidia so we treated the entire flock. Then we retested her and she came back clean. At the same time, the vet prescribed a doxycycline oral gel to administer with a syringe down her throat for the other sneezing chickens. We were also administering doxycycline to their water. Everyone is growing, eating, acting and pooping normally and 1 of the chickens we adopted has started laying. (we are waiting 60 days before eating any of the eggs since the chickens were taking antibiotic)
I have been treating Blue now for 2 months. Her energy and temperment have dramatically improved but she is still sneezing and still has nasal discharge.
I can't afford to keep paying for vet visits and medicine and I am loosing my patience with administering the medicine orally -- it is very, very tough and it stresses both of us out.
I am wondering if anyone has ever dealt with this or if you have any suggestions on what to do. I feel like my options are
1) Stop giving her medicine, leaver her in the coop with the others and see what happens / let nature deal with it
2) Stop giving her medicine, isolate her in a cage away from the others and see what happens
3) Say good bye to Blue
Thank you for your time and insight!
