URI advice

[Jrd7788]

I was crossing my fingers hoping for no URIs with this weird cold snap. Well of course my favorite, if mean little bantam Mille fluer ducle cockerel comes down coughing and lethargic this evening. It’s below 30F here and is going to get colder. I’m planning on taking Duke into the house if my parents say yes. He’s a supposedly show quality cockerel or at least that’s what he was sold to me as. His matching hen Delilah is fine . He is coughing with white foam coming from his mouth, hunched over and not being the devil when he sees me so that means something is definitely off( he’s normally untouchably mean)
Im suspecting an URI based on previous dealings with them this year. All I have on hand is BioMycin which is oxytetracycline without a sting. The dose I used for standard sized chickens was 1 cc per 3 lbs. I’ve never treated a bantam for it though, but I assume the dose is much lower than that and he doesn’t even weigh 3 lbs(guessing, will get exact weight soon if internet holds up)
Right now he’s in a bin with hay, shavings, and don’t laugh lol, Great Pyrenees dog hair( I save it after I brush my dogs out be my pigeons love it as nesting material) My plan is to get him warmed up and then give him some BioMycin in the breast. Any tips or advice?

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Sorry if I have no idea what URI is, but I'm seeing the start of frostbite down the dubbing line.

 

[Jrd7788]

Sorry if I have no idea what URI is, but I'm seeing the start of frostbite down the dubbing line.

Yeah, his comb and wattles are kinda purple but they’re always purple..? Even when it was hot outside his comb was purple. I thought it was hormones URI is my short way of saying upper respiratory infection lol

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Yeah, his comb and wattles are kinda purple but they’re always purple..? Even when it was hot outside his comb was purple. I thought it was hormones URI is my short way of saying upper respiratory infection lol

Oh, ok. Maybe he has frostbite damage and it never fully killed his comb? Ohh.. ok. I don't know too much on that. I think somebody said that they was treating their birds with Corid, but I'm not certain if that'll work.

 

[ChicNmom]

The foam sounds concerning.

Has he eaten or drank anything since you put him in the bin? Is he wheezing when he breathes? Also is that a heat lamp on him? You don't want to over heat him.

 

[Jrd7788]

Oh, ok. Maybe he has frostbite damage and it never fully killed his comb? Ohh.. ok. I don't know too much on that. I think somebody said that they was treating their birds with Corid, but I'm not certain if that'll work.

I think corid is for coccidia but I don’t have any on hand because we don’t use that for our goats because it strips the thymen away from the intestinal lining

 

[Jrd7788]

The foam sounds concerning.

Has he eaten or drank anything since you put him in the bin? Is he wheezing when he breathes? Also is that a heat lamp on him? You don't want to over heat him.

I haven’t given him any thing to drink or eat because I wanted to get him warm before I did that. He makes a kind of rumbling noise when he breathes. I found him like that but he’s not foaming since I put the lamp on him.
my parents are letting me bring him inside the house but without a heat lamp

 

[ChicNmom]

You should be able to use the BioMycin at 1/3 or 1/4cc depending on his weight.
If his breathing seems raspy I would try it. Especially if the symptoms are similar to what you dealt with earlier in the year with other chickens.

 

[Jrd7788]

You should be able to use the BioMycin at 1/3 or 1/4cc depending on his weight.
If his breathing seems raspy I would try it. Especially if the symptoms are similar to what you dealt with earlier in the year with other chickens.

Ok sounds good he’s in the house now but without a heat lamp and the power is going out every 20 minutes. I’m going to get him warm first and then give him a shot and some scrambled eggs. I also have VetRx and NutriDrench for poultry on hand

 

[ChicNmom]

Sounds like a good plan to me. Someone else may drop in with other or better ideas.

I would just keep an eye on the foaming and make sure he's not choking on something or has something lodged in his trachea.