Upper Respiratory Infection...? HELP

But you don't even know if it is bacterial. It could just as easily be a viral problem.

 

Terramycin is oxytetracycline which will treat bacterial and mycoplasma (MG) infections. It could be infectious bronchitis, a virus, but that can look like other diseases. Antibiotics may help prevent secondary bacterial infections. Here is a link about common respiratory diseases: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
If you can find this one at TSC, the dosage is 1 1/2 tablespoonsful per gallon of water:

 

Good luck with your chicks. Maybe they picked up something at the feed store. Let us know how they get along.

 

Eggcessive: We've got a hen that's gurgling when she's breathing. Cricket. Is this like... the end, or can we do something for her?

IDK.

 

Sorry about your hen SuperChick Ruth. Is this the one that was hit with the trap door? Unless she has symptoms of a respiratory problem, I don't know what you could do for her except keep her comfortable and warm. Is her crop full and squishy? The gurgling could be from her crop, from a respiratory problem, or from heart failure. Wish that I could help more.

 

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Yup, same hen: Cricket. After having sour crop, (I know this sounds odd, but it's true) she doesn't seem to have much of a crop. You can just feel her bone there, and sometimes a little bunch of food there esp. after she's just eaten.

We're thinking she has ascites, or something like that, and have drained her abdomen with syringe. This morning we left her alone, and then when we picked her up, she really started gurgling. Got really scared that she was going to leave us today, it sounded so bad! Thankfully it's died off now, but she still has minor breathing problems.

Thanks for posting, Eggcessive, you've been a big help!

 

Sorry that you lost some, but glad that most made it. Good luck with the chicks in the future.