Keeping it warm in the coop will only make it worse unless you plan on keeping it warm for them all winter. Once you let the temps go 'back to normal' they could stress and have a recurrence of symptoms.
Swollen eye/face on oneside and snoring sound. HELP!*updated with pics
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I plan on lowing the temp again slowly after they have recovered. I initially just wanted to keep it just above freezing. I don't want to loose feet/combs to frostbite. It freezes hard here and stays solid for several months. Seeing posts on frostbite prompted me to insulate and put a no light heat bulb to keep just above freezing. Now with this sickness I placed a forced air heater in for now as I don't want them fighting to stay warm as well as fighting whatever they have. Will it stress them if I lower the temp slowly over a couple weeks after they are better?
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yes any sick bird would need to be kelp warm......reason body temp. goes up to fight infection. Should see a big change in 3 days.
sounds to me like CRD (chronic respiratory disease) also called Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG). Do some research on that and see what you find. If the tylan doesn't work you can do Baytril or Tiamulin (denagard). I just started using the denagard (on a program to eliminate the MG from my flock) and in 3 days the whole flock looked 100% better. I had one with a swollen face and many that were sneezing with nasal discharge, some with bad wheezing sounds.
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You do realize that the medicines don't get rid of the MG? They just treat the symptoms. MG is caused by a bacteria, but in chickens it acts like a virus. Once they get it, they'll always have it and infect any bird they come in contact with.
You do realize that the medicines don't get rid of the MG? They just treat the symptoms. MG is caused by a bacteria, but in chickens it acts like a virus. Once they get it, they'll always have it and infect any bird they come in contact with.
Denagard is a newer medication with very good results with MG. All birds should be routinely tested for it, but I have herd good things with people using it.
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Interesting, so this stuff might actually cure MG? I know all the rest of the stuff out there just treats the symptoms.
Interesting, so this stuff might actually cure MG? I know all the rest of the stuff out there just treats the symptoms.
deerman
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You do realize that the medicines don't get rid of the MG? They just treat the symptoms. MG is caused by a bacteria, but in chickens it acts like a virus. Once they get it, they'll always have it and infect any bird they come in contact with.
Yes like coryza , reason some State your flock need destroy....because it can be sprend by wild birds flying from one flock to another.
Think its neither, but see how the tylan does.
You do realize that the medicines don't get rid of the MG? They just treat the symptoms. MG is caused by a bacteria, but in chickens it acts like a virus. Once they get it, they'll always have it and infect any bird they come in contact with.
Yes like coryza , reason some State your flock need destroy....because it can be sprend by wild birds flying from one flock to another.
Think its neither, but see how the tylan does.
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I'm not sure if it's Coryza or not, but here's some info just in case. I first thought that your new chicks had brought it in, but if you received them as day old chicks from a hatchery, then they should have been healthy. But... whatever your hens have will end up being transmitted to the chicks.
Infectious Coryza
Clinical signs: Swelling around the face, foul smelling, thick, sticky discharge from the nostrils and eyes, labored breathing, and rales (rattles -- an abnormal breathing sound) are common clinical signs. The eyelids are irritated and may stick together. The birds may have diarrhea and growing birds may become stunted
Mortality from coryza is usually low, but infections can decrease egg production and increase the incidence and/or severity of other diseases. Mortality can be as high as 50 percent, but is usually no more than 20 percent. The clinical disease can last from a few days to 2-3 months, depending on the virulence of the pathogen and the existence of other infections such as mycoplasmosis.
Transmission: Coryza is primarily transmitted by direct bird-to-bird contact. This can be from infected birds brought into the flock as well as from birds which recover from the disease which remain carriers of the organism and may shed intermittently throughout their lives.. Inapparent infected adult birds added into a flock are a common source for outbreaks. Within a flock, inhalation of airborne respiratory droplets, and contamination of feed and/or water are common modes of spread.
Treatment: Water soluble antibiotics or antibacterials can be used. Sulfadimethoxine (Albon
, Di-Methox) is the preferred treatment. If it is not available, or not effective, sulfamethazine (Sulfa-Max
, SulfaSure), erythromycin (gallimycin
), or tetracycline (Aureomycin
) can be used as alternative treatments. Sulfa drugs are not FDA approved for pullets older than 14 weeks of age or for commercial layer hens. While antibiotics can be effective in reducing clinical disease, they do not eliminate carrier birds.
Prevention: Good management and sanitation are the best ways to avoid infectious coryza. Most outbreaks occur as a result of mixing flocks. All replacement birds on "coryza-endemic" farms should be vaccinated. The vaccine (Coryza-Vac) is administered subcutaneously (under the skin) on the back of the neck. Each chicken should be vaccinated four times, starting at 5 weeks of age with at least 4 weeks between injections. Vaccinate again at 10 months of age and twice yearly thereafter.
You can check the charts at he bottom of this website to try and match the symptoms:http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
I'm not sure if it's Coryza or not, but here's some info just in case. I first thought that your new chicks had brought it in, but if you received them as day old chicks from a hatchery, then they should have been healthy. But... whatever your hens have will end up being transmitted to the chicks.
Infectious Coryza
Clinical signs: Swelling around the face, foul smelling, thick, sticky discharge from the nostrils and eyes, labored breathing, and rales (rattles -- an abnormal breathing sound) are common clinical signs. The eyelids are irritated and may stick together. The birds may have diarrhea and growing birds may become stunted
Mortality from coryza is usually low, but infections can decrease egg production and increase the incidence and/or severity of other diseases. Mortality can be as high as 50 percent, but is usually no more than 20 percent. The clinical disease can last from a few days to 2-3 months, depending on the virulence of the pathogen and the existence of other infections such as mycoplasmosis.
Transmission: Coryza is primarily transmitted by direct bird-to-bird contact. This can be from infected birds brought into the flock as well as from birds which recover from the disease which remain carriers of the organism and may shed intermittently throughout their lives.. Inapparent infected adult birds added into a flock are a common source for outbreaks. Within a flock, inhalation of airborne respiratory droplets, and contamination of feed and/or water are common modes of spread.
Treatment: Water soluble antibiotics or antibacterials can be used. Sulfadimethoxine (Albon
Prevention: Good management and sanitation are the best ways to avoid infectious coryza. Most outbreaks occur as a result of mixing flocks. All replacement birds on "coryza-endemic" farms should be vaccinated. The vaccine (Coryza-Vac) is administered subcutaneously (under the skin) on the back of the neck. Each chicken should be vaccinated four times, starting at 5 weeks of age with at least 4 weeks between injections. Vaccinate again at 10 months of age and twice yearly thereafter.
You can check the charts at he bottom of this website to try and match the symptoms:http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
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