sneezing, I got meds???

[WiscoChiko]

Please follow link to my thread...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=391883&p=3
Thanks Wisco..

READ DOWN VVVVV

 

[WiscoChiko]

No thoughts?

 

[WiscoChiko]

Hey guys/gals Well I went from being super proud of building my coop and getting a nice mixed flock in 2 weeks, to feeling real dumb!
Well my sneezy hurt eye brahma died, my lil sneezy silkie died, I culled the other sneezy frizzle that I got from the same place as the other 2 sick ones.. I woke up to the 2 dead birds yest. morn. and decided to cull the 3rd shortly there after! Was hoping I could just be done with the 3 chickens that brought it and be good? Wrong woke up this morn to a lathargic bantam cochin and a sneezy runny nose E.E. I have had them all on duramycin after noticing the 3 sneezing 4 days ago. A mistake is a mistake as long as a lesson is learned, never buy a bunch of chickens all at once from diff. places and just put them in together! Always check out your birds before buying!! So now what is my next move? just keep them on duramycin and hope for the best? Take the whole flock out and start over slowly? Change meds? I'm guessing it's brinchitus, coryza, or mycoplasma or something who knows I'm sad .. Dreery day
Be well, W.C

 

[DelawareSilkie]

I'm sorry this happened to your flock. I've been trying to do some research and was hoping I'd get a response before it's too late. My chickens were sneezing sporadically, although I do not know if it's the dust and wind, which is abundant here. I separated them and put them on tetracycline, which is a general antibiotic. I heard if you suspect Coryza, I heard of a drug called Baytril that is somewhat difficult to get and expensive, but very effective against coryza and other respiratory problems. Again I hope the best for your chickens.

 

[WiscoChiko]

Can anything that chickens get affect my dogs? They are my life!!

 

[WiscoChiko]

Upon further reveiw I see lots of lil long cm. skinny bugs on their feathers?? WTH? Oh Please help... W.C. I think I have multiple illnesses.

 

[WiscoChiko]

And thicker white buggs w/ dark head, do I have lice and mites and some cold like illness oh geeze! , if this is lice could that make my chickens have runny noses and sneeze alot as well, hmm I wouldnt think so... W.C.

 

[WiscoChiko]

Someone told me to stop duramycin and start corid? Any thoughts..

 

[WiscoChiko]

Well with lil help and lots of reading, I came to the conclusion that duramycin is not working, I was told to try corrid (amprolium 20% soluble powder Is this for chickens too? It says its for calves?, Can I start this right away? I also did some reading on worming so I got Wazine 17? and a Med Pharmex Ivermectin paste 1.87% for horses, do I take a small BB size drop on a piece of bread and give to each one? I also got Vi-tal water vitamin, electrolyte and mineral supplement, can I mix this with the corrid in the water? I dusted them for lice and checked hours later and found much less lice! My E.E. That was sick died over night, They sneeze a lil the first day, more the next with a gurrgling sound when breathing! 3rd day they are gone!! 4 chickens gone now! If there is a good point all the chickens I have left as of now seem to be doing fine, I have been doing alot of cleaning, poop looks normal to a lil runny..


Someone knowledgable please sound in and give me some guidance..... I;m just reading and hoping to be doing the right thing... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=391883&p=3 (When it all started!!)

 

[WiscoChiko]