what is going on!? Please give me some advice here...

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

First things first...

1. Make sure all coops are bleached out and have brand new bedding and are dusted.

2. Make sure any sick chickens are brought into the house in cat carriers (or similar) and are warm, and have ACV and a vitamin/ electrolyte mix in their water.

3. I would de-worm and de-mite at the same time all the healthy chickens that are outside. The best and easiest thing I have found to use it Ivermectin for cattle. Everyone will be de-wormed and de-loused with one application. (The only thing it doesn't kill is tapeworms).

4. Double check everyones age and make sure they are over 5 months; if younger I would go ahead and put some Corid in the water just to be safe.

Because you have so many different chickens with different symptoms it's hard to say for sure what is going on. Mites can cause weird symptoms and weakness, but so can cocci and other diseases.

But if you do the above steps you should be on your way to recovery.

Please let me know if you need more info or dosing directions for the above medications.

Hope this helps!

 

[ReapKarmah]

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(I'm Foxy's Fiance posting on her behalf)
I thank you very much for your advice. We're going to be taking all precautions and I'll see to it personally that their coop will be bleached, re-bedded and dusted. As well will I see to it they are de-mited, de-wormed and get Ivermectin. We will be taking Sakura, our japanese bantam inside to watch and take care of her thoroughly.

Would you be able to supply us with a link to Ivermectin so we know which one to buy? How would you apply it and what dosage do you recommend?

Btw, what's ACV?

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Here is the Vitamins I use;

Here is what ACV is; (apple cider vinegar, raw)...

And here is the Ivermectin;
Box;

Bottle that will be in the box;

Ivermectin Pour-on.. For the pour on Ivermectin for cattle (not Eprinex) the dosage use is as follows:

1 drop - OEGB sized small bantam female (.1cc)
2 drops - OEGB sized small bantam male (.15cc)
3 drops - average bantams (.2cc)
4 drops - large bantams, small commercial fowl (.3cc)
5 drops - most commercial fowl, small giant hens (.4cc)
6 drops - giant breeds of chicken (.5cc)

I always use a 3 cc syringe that I just fill to about 2 cc's withOUT a needle. The drops will be applied to the skin. Not on the feathers. It's a systemic so it will be absorbed.

For location, you'll want to find an easy to reach spot with as little fluff as possible. I've had the best luck with under the wing when I am by myself. I just pick up the chicken in my left hand, ruffle around the feathers with my right hand until I find a nice clear spot, then rotate the syringe around to dispense the drops exactly on the skin.

All these you should be able to get at the feedstore except the ACV, you can get that at GNC or health food stores like Henry's.

Hope this helps!

 

[foxypoproxy]

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Thanks that does help alot!
where do i get the syringe without needle?

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Thanks that does help alot!
where do i get the syringe without needle?

Drug stores will have them, they are medicine syringes. (I have them from when the kids were babies.)

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Pharmacies, vet hospitals, and even some pet stores will have them.

 

[foxypoproxy]

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Thanks that does help alot!
where do i get the syringe without needle?

Drug stores will have them, they are medicine syringes. (I have them from when the kids were babies.)

Ok, thank you!
I will try and get all this stuff asap!
I have her in my room right now so i can keep an eye on her and see if she has any other symptoms.
I hope i separated her from the others in time. Shes only been with them for a few days now...i thought she was over all this

If i really have to, i'll bring her to the vet ...again...(it does cost me $80 +meds though so i would like to try these things first. I also don't know how much more of a help the vet will be..)

 

[hmmcc123]

Good luck hun!

Keep us posted.

Regarding the needle-less syringe, just ask the pharmacist for one. They will give you one for free usually.

 

[BaGAWK!!]

You can get *most* of the stuff you need at a co-op or Tractor Supply, including needles and syringes. Good luck to you! My chick (4 mos) showed up with a puffy, swollen area around her eye, I started treating right away w/Tylan 50 injections (1/4cc for young or bantam, 1/2cc for standard size) IM (intramuscle) injection x 3 days. Be careful to inject into the muscle of the breast (NOTE: you don't have to go in very deep, depending on age/size of chx). Pull back on your syringe to make sure you get no blood. If you get blood in the syringe, pull needle out and try again in a diff spot. Alternate breasts.

Anyway I knew my chick had MG (mycoplasma gallisepticum) or some other CRD (chronic resp disease) bc the it moved thru the test of my flock. She also developed a runny nose and stuffy sound to her breathing after the eye. This could be what yours has too, different combos of symptoms showed up in each of my chx. So keep an eye out for more symptoms to materialize, and treat as above if you think it's a respiratory disease. But it is hard to tell w/all the other things that have been going on in your flock. This is just the one I have most experience with, I don't know much about fowl pox, how it presents, or anything. I hope this helped?

 

[foxypoproxy]

BaGAWK!! :

You can get *most* of the stuff you need at a co-op or Tractor Supply, including needles and syringes. Good luck to you! My chick (4 mos) showed up with a puffy, swollen area around her eye, I started treating right away w/Tylan 50 injections (1/4cc for young or bantam, 1/2cc for standard size) IM (intramuscle) injection x 3 days. Be careful to inject into the muscle of the breast (NOTE: you don't have to go in very deep, depending on age/size of chx). Pull back on your syringe to make sure you get no blood. If you get blood in the syringe, pull needle out and try again in a diff spot. Alternate breasts.

Anyway I knew my chick had MG (mycoplasma gallisepticum) or some other CRD (chronic resp disease) bc the it moved thru the test of my flock. She also developed a runny nose and stuffy sound to her breathing after the eye. This could be what yours has too, different combos of symptoms showed up in each of my chx. So keep an eye out for more symptoms to materialize, and treat as above if you think it's a respiratory disease. But it is hard to tell w/all the other things that have been going on in your flock. This is just the one I have most experience with, I don't know much about fowl pox, how it presents, or anything. I hope this helped?

I'm still not positive what it is because she only has the eye thing so i'm not totally jumping to the CRD thing but i am keeping it in mind and watching out for it.
Worming her and the others first and bleach/cleaning their coop out. I think only time will tell with her. What tests can an avian vet do on a chicken to figure out what they may have?
If i do eventually treat for CRD or MG i don't want to use injections (don't feel comfortable with needles) i'd probably use the powder that goes in water or oral meds.

Thanks for the help though!​