y Silkie is Gurgling!

[Sylvestor12]

how long does it take for it to become fatal because it may take me a little bit to get the Oxine AH

 

[speckledhen]

I don't know, really. I had Oxine on hand already. All you can do is get it as fast as you can, but remember--I'm not 100% sure it's fungal since it's really hard to diagnose stuff on the web and I haven't listened to him myself.


The blue rooster in my avatar is going on 6 years old and his crow is very weak over the last couple of weeks-I think his systems are just shutting down due to his age and the heat taking its toll. I know he doesn't have anything respiratory, so it's hard to say sometimes what is happening with these birds. Hope your guy makes it!

 

[Sylvestor12]

Thank you I'll try to get it for the future but I think my silkie rooster, "Fuzzhead" is fighting off the stuff. Instead of him gurgling while breathing he's just gurgling a little when he runs after his hens, he's are best rooster he's still trying to get his crow straitened out though.

 

[speckledhen]

Could be he will be fine for now, but yes, it's great stuff to have on hand. I've even been known to put a teaspoon of it in a spray bottle of water and spritz the walls around the roost so that as it evaporated at night, they'd breathe it in a bit-probably has limited value used that way, but it would have killed the germs on the walls at least.