uh oh-- my wyandotte hen sneezed and

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Well...Your in our thoughts and so is the hen...Keep us updated...You could also give her some scrabbled egg to peck at if she will...it's high in protein....
 
Wyandotte (and Brahma) had choryza according to vet I talked to FINALLY. Hand fed her, watered and doctored her as best I could-- she died late Saturday afternoon. Buried under bush in back yard.

Coop, pen and nest box washed with soap and water and left to dry in sun, then sprayed with water and bleach solution and left to dry in sun at least twice. Ran feeder and waterer through dishwasher.

Ok, what do I need to do now? Are there things that I need to have on hand to be prepared for such emergencies? I found a feed and seed near my home, but it doesn't carry antibiotics and stuff for sick chickens. I can pick them up NOW! Or I can order them online NOW. What else do I need to do to prepare my coop for future hens since two died of sickness in the coop? I now have a bag of poultry pellets-- can get laying pellets in a snap-- have a whole box full of chicken scratch. What else shall I have on hand? The Avian vitamins? Should I order a general antibiotic just in case? I never had to have such things for my cockatoo-- but expensive vets were available to treat him for any possible little thing...

Thank you all for your help. Not giving up on the backyard hens dream quite yet.

Oh, no word from the manager of the feed store-- has not returned any of our calls. Jerk. Actually, he's probably pretty busy with all his flock dropping dead...
 
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Sorry for the loss of your birds...
Cranium Excrement store manager.
You can order online from Jeffer's Livestock, or Murry McMurry (those are the only two that I can think of right off the top of my head).
I think someone posted a chicken emergency kit at some point...
In mine, I have Gauze, bandages, tape, scissors, vet wrap, Buckley's mixture (until I buy VetRx), styptic powder. BluKote, Oystershell, apple cider vinegar, tea tree oil, DE, I need more things, but add as I go.
 
So sorry about your chickens, bellydancer.

Fogging your coop with oxine would be good before you bring new birds into it. You can use a garden sprayer and spray every surface, from top to bottom. Adjusting the sprayer to a fine mist can be used to fog birds.

The author of this article fogs her birds as a treatment for respiratory illnesses. http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/oxine.htm
I don't know if oxine would have worked in your case, but I thought you'd like to read about it.

Regarding bellydance, I'm trying to learn from a video. I wish you lived nearby, I need a teacher!
Stephanie
 
Well, I'm very sorry this has happened to you with your first hens.....I did a search on Coryza on the internet and its an Infectious Contagious Respiratory Bacterial disease..hitting juvenile and mature birds or birds 14 weeks and older.....this is something whomever you got your birds from has it in his or her flock.. they do carry it for life if they don't die....

Says Sulfamet hazine is a good med which is Sulmet...other antibotics include tetracycline, erythromycin, spectihomycin and tylosin ...all are safe and approved for poultry...On our other BYC Ezboard Site and message board if you search the Topics there is a Reference material, Med. & Disease Info Thread...on page 2 there is a must have medicine box which lets you know everything you should keep on hand for emergencies....
 
Maybe the feedstore manager ought to get a write up on Coryza and how serious it is and how they endangered your flock, not to mention any other bird they house wherever they had those birds. "Carrier for Life" is darn serious and not to be taken lightly.
 
...a few of my hens have the same yellow gross liquid poop. I've had two recently get their eyes swollen shut to the point they can't see to walk around. What is V&E for the water? Is this a respiratory illness/cold? How to treat? They are all losing their feathers like crazy and are hardly laying...maybe one or two a day only. I have 17 hens, one rooster.
 

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