Stuffed chick

[thesheepwhisperer]

One of my silkies sounds snotty when breathing, as in when it breathes there is some times a "ssss" sound, I haven't seen it sneeze nor any discharge, not acting lethargic or anything either, could it be the bedding they're on Or an actual illness? I've seen another silkie sneeze but no odd breathing and the other 5 seem to be fine , should I give them some rooster booster vitamin B-12?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you have a video of her? (for video, upload to youtube or a similar platform, then provide us a link)

How old is she?
A photo of her and your brooder may be helpful.

I would look to make sure that her nostrils are not clogged with feed, consider how much dust your bedding is creating and how much ventilation you have.

It won't hurt her to provide the vitamins for a couple of days.

 

[thesheepwhisperer]

Do you have a video of her? (for video, upload to youtube or a similar platform, then provide us a link)

How old is she?
A photo of her and your brooder may be helpful.

I would look to make sure that her nostrils are not clogged with feed, consider how much dust your bedding is creating and how much ventilation you have.

It won't hurt her to provide the vitamins for a couple of days.

She is about a month old and they are in my garage in a big plastic watering trough i will provide pictures in the morning since it is currently 10:30 pm where I am

 

[thesheepwhisperer]

Do you have a video of her? (for video, upload to youtube or a similar platform, then provide us a link)

How old is she?
A photo of her and your brooder may be helpful.

I would look to make sure that her nostrils are not clogged with feed, consider how much dust your bedding is creating and how much ventilation you have.

It won't hurt her to provide the vitamins for a couple of days.

There is a video I don't have anything of her breathing when I started recording she started doing that.

And there is a photo of her too. She is one month old.

 

[thesheepwhisperer]

Should she sound that hoarse?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She's cute!
Is she peeping/chirping a lot?
I don't really see or hear anything alarming.

Sometimes we have to go off behavior - if she is active, eating/drinking, her crop is full at night and empty in the morning and she is not peeping/chirping in distress then she is fine.

A chicken that is sick will be quiet, sit or lay down, act lethargic and will be reluctant to eat/drink even when prompted.

 

[thesheepwhisperer]

So they all are sneezing now we are treating with amoxicillin, but because in CA you can't get antibiotics over the counter for your animals we are treating with Fishmox, they are 250mg capsules. it's 1 capsule per 10 gallons, but obviously that is the measure for fish, how many capsules should I put in their 1 gallon water container?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So they all are sneezing now we are treating with amoxicillin, but because in CA you can't get antibiotics over the counter for your animals we are treating with Fishmox, they are 250mg capsules. it's 1 capsule per 10 gallons, but obviously that is the measure for fish, how many capsules should I put in their 1 gallon water container?

How often are they sneezing? Any other symptoms besides the sneezing?
Anyone lethargic, have mucous, coughing, swollen faces, runny eyes?

It depends on what you are dealing with the Amoxicillin *might* be effective for respiratory illness, but it's usually given to birds that have infection from things Bumblefoot, some reproductive disorders, e.coli and wounds.
A viral respiratory disease like Infectious Bronchitis will have to run it's course, antibiotics will not treat that unless there are complications of secondary infection. Mycoplasma and Infectious Coryza are bacterial, so do respond fairly well to antibiotic treatment. Getting some testing is the best way to find out what you have. In CA you can utilize services from UC Davis to have testing - give them a call to find out how to submit samples for testing. http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/index.cfm

Amoxicillin dosage is by weight of each bird at 125mg/kg given 2 times a day for up to 7 days.

If all are sneezing and you feel they need treatment, ask your vet for powdered Tylan which can be administered in the water or they may have one of the "cyclines" that you can use.

IF sneezing is the only symptom, then make sure they are eating/drinking well. Offer them some poultry vitamins to give them a boost. See that their housing is free of mold/mildew, excess droppings and that they have plenty of ventilation.

Here's a good reference for antibiotic usage

 

[Eggcessive]

Sneezing every few minutes sounds a lot like infectious bronchitis, a virus that will not respond to antibiotics. Mycoplasma or MG is another infection similar to IB, although it can cause watery or bubbly eyes. It will respond to Tylan or tetracycline drugs, but not amoxicillin, since MG does not have a cell wall. Call your vet and see if they will prescribe some Tylan soluble powder for your water. You can get injectable Tylan 50 for individual use, to give to the sickest ones. But if there are many sick, you may want to get Tylan powder. Dosage is 1 tsp per gallon of water for 5 days.

 

[thesheepwhisperer]

The silkie that was originally the concern is sneezing the most and almost constantly(she sneezes once then 30 seconds to a minute passes and then sneezes again), she hisses when she breathes, and she often cocks her head to one side several times in a row as in she goes from her head in the normal position then starts to turn her head so one eye is facing the sky and returns to the normal position and will repeat the motion several times, she seems to have the worst of it, but they are only sneezing but a few with breath through their mouths and sometime seem to have labored breathing, but everyone is eating fine, drinking fine basically behaving normally otherwise