This worked!!- Gooky eyes, etc..

[Laskaland]

Well last week, 5 of my 6 silkies were all gooked up in the eyes. One had bubbly eyes and 2 others were sneezing and making odd noises (lol- hard to describe) I seperated all of them, and ended up putting 2 of them back with the general population, the other 4, I put under lamps on my interior porch (it's beeen in the negative digits this week)

I think they actually had a cold. Not sure if they can get human colds, but we've all had them lately, so maybe it's possible?
Anyhoo, I used terramycin gel on their eyes, put terramycin in their water, along with a bit of ACV (smelled sooo bad). I added their vitamin to plain yogurt and gave them extra protein (hamburger leftovers, scrambled eggs, sausage cut up) (THANKS ANGIE!!- Miss Prissy)

TODAY, when I checked on them, they were all happy and the eyes were clear! There was no goop on their noses or anything. No sneezing either!
So, I guess it took a good 6 days to clear up, and it was the most work I've had to do for the birds, but I guess the thought is
DON'T GIVE UP!!!!

The silkies are still evil and may well steal my soul if they don't draw b lood first....

Christina

 

[Guinea Goonie]

You posted for CURES. Great, nice to see you have happy chicks.

 

[MissPrissy]

Anything worth having is worth working for.

 

[Laskaland]

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Thanks Angie...
<sigh> I ended up culling them after all

The gooky gunk came back and after long discussion and reading, and knowing that I didn't want to spread (and it hasn't) I just culled the ones that showed the symptoms. I didn't want all my chickies to get sick, or be carriers, or worse yet carry the gunk to the eggs which I guess is what they can do.
I was very sad, but it was made a business decision. If I had a sow that was contagious, there would be no way in heck I would keep her and possibly infect the rest.
It was a sad day, but the best choice.
Christina

 

[Laskaland]

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Not sure what you mean? I posted what worked for me...for a short time, it seems.