Hello everyone, I had a worm overload in my flock, so I’ve been treating with fendbendazole, all the birds that were lethargic and had swollen crops are no longer swollen and definitely show more energy.
Today however, my buff Orpington/cross roo was sneezing/coughing. His head was in the oyster shell bucket so I thought maybe it was from the dust. But I noticed his red skin around his eyes looked paler than usual so I decided to bring him in. He ate some garlic and some feed. We sat for a while and listening to his breathing it sounded kinda rattled, and his coughs are kinda whoopy.
Here’s a video of his breathing . I put Vetrx on his nasal pathways to hopefully give relief. No drainage from nose or eyes. He had his last dose of fenBend this morning, so I don’t think it’s due to gapeworm. His poop was green 3 days ago but I figure it’s because they’re pasture/free ranger. He drank water and is eating. Right now he is sleeping under the peach tree in my separate pasture (gated off from the rest of the flock)
His breathing doesn’t sound bad and he hasn’t coughed since coming back out (I sat for about 30 minutes just to monitor) He pooped again (picture attached) and it looks kinda runny but not near as colorful
He hasn’t been singing today. Yesterday he was running around and acting himself. I have a video link of his breathing sound.
Please let me know if I should start on antibiotics, and how long I should keep him from the others?
I don’t know if they’ve already been exposed, I just got past all the wormings and plan to do it again in about 10 days.
Potential concerns:
I gave my broody hens a few chicks from a hatchery that were vaccinated (I’m not sure the hens I have had ever had any vaccinations due to coming from tractors, the chicks have been here for three weeks with no prior issue but now I’m just trying to rule out potential causes)
I have some meat birds that I recently got (came from same source as other chicks) and I keep them completely separated from the flock (because they’ll be processed soon) but they do get outside access (about 30 feet away from the others) I’m scared
of potentially cross contamination?
Our neighbors have chickens too, but theirs are only about 8-10 feet away from our property. (But we haven’t had any real problems other than a few trespassing roosters)
We have a ton of wild birds that fly through, especially song birds that like to try to get in to get grains.
Please let me know what you would recommend. Should I just monitor the rest of the flock, or give them extra to boost their immunity?
Does anyone have any experience with coughing with no discharge or anything similar?
Thank you for your time
Today however, my buff Orpington/cross roo was sneezing/coughing. His head was in the oyster shell bucket so I thought maybe it was from the dust. But I noticed his red skin around his eyes looked paler than usual so I decided to bring him in. He ate some garlic and some feed. We sat for a while and listening to his breathing it sounded kinda rattled, and his coughs are kinda whoopy.
Here’s a video of his breathing . I put Vetrx on his nasal pathways to hopefully give relief. No drainage from nose or eyes. He had his last dose of fenBend this morning, so I don’t think it’s due to gapeworm. His poop was green 3 days ago but I figure it’s because they’re pasture/free ranger. He drank water and is eating. Right now he is sleeping under the peach tree in my separate pasture (gated off from the rest of the flock)
His breathing doesn’t sound bad and he hasn’t coughed since coming back out (I sat for about 30 minutes just to monitor) He pooped again (picture attached) and it looks kinda runny but not near as colorful
He hasn’t been singing today. Yesterday he was running around and acting himself. I have a video link of his breathing sound.
Please let me know if I should start on antibiotics, and how long I should keep him from the others?
I don’t know if they’ve already been exposed, I just got past all the wormings and plan to do it again in about 10 days.
Potential concerns:
I gave my broody hens a few chicks from a hatchery that were vaccinated (I’m not sure the hens I have had ever had any vaccinations due to coming from tractors, the chicks have been here for three weeks with no prior issue but now I’m just trying to rule out potential causes)
I have some meat birds that I recently got (came from same source as other chicks) and I keep them completely separated from the flock (because they’ll be processed soon) but they do get outside access (about 30 feet away from the others) I’m scared
of potentially cross contamination?
Our neighbors have chickens too, but theirs are only about 8-10 feet away from our property. (But we haven’t had any real problems other than a few trespassing roosters)
We have a ton of wild birds that fly through, especially song birds that like to try to get in to get grains.
Please let me know what you would recommend. Should I just monitor the rest of the flock, or give them extra to boost their immunity?
Does anyone have any experience with coughing with no discharge or anything similar?
Thank you for your time