MINchick
Chirping
- Jan 31, 2019
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This morning I found one of our chickens was wheezing. Her comb had a slight purple tint and she rattles/gurgles when she breathes. She is walking around, eating, albeit not as active as she usually is.
This evening I checked on the chickens and now four of them are making similar sounds and have similar symptoms. Maybe I just didn't notice this morning.
This morning I gave them warm oats with garlic, oregano, acv, nutridrench and pumpkin seeds simply because I don't have anything else helpful for this situation on hand. We've had chickens for four years and have never had an issue like this.
No new additions to the flock, all birds are between 1-3 years old of various breeds and were healthy until this morning. We have 12 chickens and two turkeys in a 320sf coop and they could go outside if they wanted but they choose not to. My only thought is that the recent weather (two weeks with highs below zero) really put a strain on their immune system.
I wanted to get them some Tylan but you can't get that in stores or without an RX apparently and we aren't about to being four chickens to the vet. Is there something else that can help them?
This evening I checked on the chickens and now four of them are making similar sounds and have similar symptoms. Maybe I just didn't notice this morning.
This morning I gave them warm oats with garlic, oregano, acv, nutridrench and pumpkin seeds simply because I don't have anything else helpful for this situation on hand. We've had chickens for four years and have never had an issue like this.
No new additions to the flock, all birds are between 1-3 years old of various breeds and were healthy until this morning. We have 12 chickens and two turkeys in a 320sf coop and they could go outside if they wanted but they choose not to. My only thought is that the recent weather (two weeks with highs below zero) really put a strain on their immune system.
I wanted to get them some Tylan but you can't get that in stores or without an RX apparently and we aren't about to being four chickens to the vet. Is there something else that can help them?