- Jul 10, 2015
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Hey all. Last night I noticed one of my RIR was withdrawn and both eyes were stuck shut with mild sores under one. Turns out the at least 5 of 27 have this eye thing going on with lethargic symptoms and a ton of mucus production from eyes and in the worse ones, beaks.
I'm confident that it's mycoplasma, so I'm rushing to get Tylan 50 and some needles because I don't think the tetracycline I have on hand will help the bad ones very much.
My question is, obviously I start medicating the sick ones immediately but what about the rest of the flock? Do I give a round of injections to all 27? That sounds nightmarish. Or should I start the not obviously sick ones on Tylan or tetracycline in their water? Wouldn't that hurt the sick ones if they drank more oral medication while having injected medication?
I'm confident that it's mycoplasma, so I'm rushing to get Tylan 50 and some needles because I don't think the tetracycline I have on hand will help the bad ones very much.
My question is, obviously I start medicating the sick ones immediately but what about the rest of the flock? Do I give a round of injections to all 27? That sounds nightmarish. Or should I start the not obviously sick ones on Tylan or tetracycline in their water? Wouldn't that hurt the sick ones if they drank more oral medication while having injected medication?