Very sick respiratoray chickens, please advise

[clintbwell]

Thank you all for the kind words and thoughts. I love my girls. It’s not just eggs from yard chickens for me. I raised these babies since day one. And I never should have brought foreign chickens into our coop. My bad. I didn’t know. I messed up. Lesson learned. And I’m paying for it now. I just pray my original girls make it out of this ok. It’s not like their all lethargic and dying. But they might be within a week. That’s what scares me. That’s why I’m asking what I can give as a preventative measure. But as of right now. I just have a lot of sneezing. And one roo with heavier symptoms than the girls. Again thanks everyone. I guess we are just going to ride this out and see what happens.

 

[clintbwell]

Thanks dawg53. My local TSC has Tylan 50 injectible. I’ve just never used a needle in my life. This is the med I was looking st the most. So I hope it works. I’ve seen the powder to add to water on amazon and thought about getting that one.

 

[slordaz]

Thanks dawg53. My local TSC has Tylan 50 injectible. I’ve just never used a needle in my life. This is the med I was looking st the most. So I hope it works. I’ve seen the powder to add to water on amazon and thought about getting that one.

ummm no clue on a chicken, the dog is usually scruff of neck or leg, but then again how would I give an injection deathly terrified of needles , but think Dawg probably knows recommending it. Wow I typed the word without having a panic attack, thanks there clint might beat that phobia yet

Nother thought, they might have powder there, pour local farm store was completely out too

 

[Eggcessive]

Tylan 50 or 200 can be given orally as well as by injection. Just remove the needle when giving it orally. The Tylan powder is not sold in feed stores, but is available here:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/tylan-soluble-100-g/

 

[slordaz]

I didn't know that see I learned something new Thank you Eggcessive

 

[Eric R]

Would you also give corid since the immune system is not great right now? Especially for the roo? Kinda a one thing leads to another scenario no?

 

[dawg53]

Thanks dawg53. My local TSC has Tylan 50 injectible. I’ve just never used a needle in my life. This is the med I was looking st the most. So I hope it works. I’ve seen the powder to add to water on amazon and thought about getting that one.

It would be best can give the injectable orally to each chicken, that way you know they are getting properly dosed at the correct amount. Using soluble powders is guesswork. You dont know if the birds drank it or drank enough of it to be effective. Normally sick birds wont drink.

 

[dawg53]

Would you also give corid since the immune system is not great right now? Especially for the roo? Kinda a one thing leads to another scenario no?

It's not necessary since a protozoa infection isnt involved. All symptoms point to a bacterial respiratory disease. However if it were Coryza, yes, a sulfa drug would be necessary which also treats certain cocci infections.

 

[calichicken75]

You should have testing done, either by necropsy if one is really ill, or there are nasal swab and blood tests available to ID respiratory diseases. Call your state veterinary laboratory and find out what's needed. Some of these diseases are forever in your flock, and it's best to find out what's going on.
Mary

As hard as it is to make the decision to cull and send for testing it was what I had to do. I got the results I needed. If I hadn’t do this I could have been living with a nightmare. You have to remember even if you decide to keep your birds and deal with the sickness it still puts others at risk potentially if you dont know what your dealing with. My results showed that had I not culled my flock I could potentially infect my neighbors birds or anyone that came into my coop and went home to theirs without strict bio-security. I’ve learned the hard way and it’s horrible calling someone and telling them that you may have potentially ruined their flock. I’m sorry if I sound preachy or harsh, I only stress this because I’m going through this as we speak and it’s the worst my heart hurts for you.

 

[ShannonR]

As hard as it is to make the decision to cull and send for testing it was what I had to do. I got the results I needed. If I hadn’t do this I could have been living with a nightmare. You have to remember even if you decide to keep your birds and deal with the sickness it still puts others at risk potentially if you dont know what your dealing with. My results showed that had I not culled my flock I could potentially infect my neighbors birds or anyone that came into my coop and went home to theirs without strict bio-security. I’ve learned the hard way and it’s horrible calling someone and telling them that you may have potentially ruined their flock. I’m sorry if I sound preachy or harsh, I only stress this because I’m going through this as we speak and it’s the worst my heart hurts for you.

I wasn't trying to sound preachy or harsh with my earlier comment, either. But folks who have these respiratory problems in birds, if they are a viral infection an cannot be treated with an antibiotic are a huge biosecurity risk. Building an immune resistant flock is one avenue to take, which I actually commend. But not if you have close neighbors with poultry, or sell hatching eggs, or ever sell a bird to someone else. The potentials for spread of infection is just too great. People come on here frequently complaining of how they bought sick birds from so and so breeder, then go on to do the same themselves if proper measures aren't taken.