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I made a mistake posting on the disease forum. They automatically assume the worst and are trying to doom my whole flock with CRD. My birds don't have CRD. My birds did, but don't know, had common symptoms to every disease involving breathing. So how they came up with CRD boggles my mind.
 
hensfortherapy said:
I have 8 hens. I spend about $20 a month for food. My girl's free range in the backyard.
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Mine will be out some every day, but I can't leave them out if I can't watch them.

I've been reading up on natural things to feed them to help them to be healthier and hopefully not get sick. Hope that works!
 
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I, myself, am currently in school also. We are already out for Christmas. I am ASE Master Certified in Automotive Technology and currently seeking my degree in Diesel Equipment Technology.
 
backyardklukker said:
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Yes Tammy...........

Hey, I have a question. When the cold blew in, all my birds started coughing and hacking. Some birds took it differently. Some birds had a hard time breathing and some didn't, but the ones that didn't, had eye discharge and didn't want to eat or drink. I gave them tetracycline to help them out in warm water, and after a couple of days they were all fine. Most of them got over it on their own. I've got one young 3 month old silver-laced wyandotte pullet that two huge swollen eyes, and cannot see to eat or drink. The only thing I can do is hold her and dip her to get her to drink. How do I get her to eat? And what do I give her to make her eyes unswell so she can see to eat? I have her vetrx thinking she had eye worms, but it only made it worse.
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lovingmyhens said:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/205749/jajeanpierre
Go here and private message her and see if she responds
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Lovingmyhens, your chicken seemed to have a crop problem, something I do have a bit of experience with having lost an African Grey Parrot to toxic shock from a blocked crop and successfully dealing with a yeast infection in the crop of a chicken, so I did have something to offer you.

I thought about Backyardklurker's birds. My only thought is that it probably isn't eye worms since eye worms need an intermediate host of a very specific cock roach that only lives in the tropics and sub tropics. Unless the birds came from the south, I don't think it could be eye worms.

Even if it were eye worms, VetRX is not the right product. I just finished reading an article on eye worms (and the problems of people like me advising/diagnosing over the internet) that was written by Gail Damerow ("Do Your Chickens Have Eye Worms?" Page 44, BACKYARD POULTRY magazine, December 2013/Janurary 2014). She discussed using VetRX for eye worms. She wrote that the the owner of the rights to manufacture VetRX (Mike Streckler) advocated using his product for eye worms, but then added the caveat that if it didn't work, put three drops Ivermec in the eye each day for three days--which I think is the standard treatment for eye worms.

My thoughts are that you bought a lot of birds from many different sources and might not have quarantined them. Unbeknownst to you, you might have brought in a sick bird. Birds build up immunity to the microbes they are exposed to, which will be different microbes another flock on a different property has to deal with. When new birds are added, there is stress all around to the birds. You introduce new pathogens. Stress weakens the immunity of all birds. The end result is you can end up with a lot of sick birds.

I have mp experience at all with any respiratory issues.

I am in the tail end of dealing with my first health crisis, an outbreak of Fowl Pox, which is a mosquito borne viral disease, which surprised me since I am just a little north of San Antonio and didn't expect mosquitoes in November. Pox can cause lesions in the throat and trachea that cause respiratory problems and sometimes death, often from a secondary infection. They can also develop lesions in the eyes. I doubt it is Pox because I think you are too far north for mosquitoes this time of year.

Good luck with your birds. Keep us posted.
 

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