respiratory

  1. L

    Denagard, Dosing, Syringe, Feed?

    My bantams need Tiagard, but they are not drinking the water, even with sugar. Two are in bad shape with foamy eyes and sputum. I tried small bits of bread with an undiluted dose appropriate to weight. My question is, has anyone directly dosed with syringe feeding undiluted? Or, as well have...
  2. G

    3-month old chicken is hopping on one foot and sounds phlegmy when she breathes

    hi all! exactly what it says on the tin. my baby Thunder is hopping around on one foot (seems pretty adept at that) and her bad foot is held close to her body, like a flamingo: she isn’t dragging it around behind her. Her foot is fully limp though, like if you were to make your hand limp and...
  3. Sparrow-Song

    Getting Tylan

    I wanted to post some information about getting your hands on Tylan, an important medication for Mycoplasma Gallisepticum. I'm sure someone else has made a thread about this somewhere, and I know a lot of information about this is widely known, but I recently had a lot of trouble getting my...
  4. HannahGillie

    Chicken gasping for air, PLEASE HELP

    Yesterday one of my hens started gasping for air and quickly deteriorated. I took her in to the vet where she was put on supplemental oxygen and had an exam and x-rays taken, but nothing was able to be found. She had gas in her crop and stomach, but the vet said it was most likely due to stress...
  5. W

    Help! Can I mix Corid with Tiagard (Denagard)

    My chickens have had off on and respiratory symptoms the last week and a half. Then all the sudden I found lots of bloody stool and one chicken passed. A couple other off hiding and lethargic and sleepy so I started Corid in water. Now the respiratory symptoms have gotten much worse. All I could...
  6. Bgshore

    Help! Scabs, lice, foot injuries... Oh my

    Hello everyone, I have had chickens for about 3 years, no issues and within a week I've got 3 chickens who are not doing so well. One has bumblefoot, which I am treating, but the other two in kind of lost on how are the best ways to help them. The first is Franny, she injured her right...
  7. Goose in the snake room

    HELP! Single dosage of water soluble Tylosin (tylan) powder

    Currently treating my geese for a respiratory infection and purchased water soluble Tylosin. I’m wanting to give it in single dosages orally to make sure the medication is being taken adequately. The package says add 5g per gallon of drinking water, but nothing about single dosages. What...
  8. Goose in the snake room

    HELP! Goose with possible respiratory infection with strange symptoms

    One of my geese recently became pretty ill over the past few days. A month ago both of my geese had a respiratory infection and was treated with Baytril. The symptoms mostly cleared up and after the 5 days I stopped medicating them. 2 days ago I noticed my 2 month old goose (Gilly) was breathing...
  9. E

    Rales :/

    Hello. My chicks seem to have very light symptoms of rales. The only thing noticeable is the crackling sound in their lungs. The last batch, I hatched wound up getting it too, and I don’t understand why it happened a second time around when everything has been completely disinfected heating has...
  10. HannahGillie

    15 week old Pullet not gaining weight or growing like rest of flock, what can I do?

    Hi everyone, I posted a thread a few weeks ago about dealing with some respiratory issues with a few of my bantam Cochin pullets, and the good news is they have gotten better from that. Two of them are totally back to normal and are back with the rest of the flock after being treated with...
  11. HannahGillie

    Respiratory disease, Denagard/Tiagard and medicated feed questions

    Hi all, I have three 10-week old cochin bantams that are having some respiratory problems. They are all sneezing, and one has a slightly swollen face. They are still eating and drinking well. I have been giving them VetRx, Rooster Booster, and Spring Chicken Wellness Brew in their water each...
  12. EmilyAlamano

    Managing flock, mycoplasma and bringing in new roosters

    Our flock has what our vet says seems like mycoplasma but it hasn’t been confirmed by testing post mortem. He gave us Tylan and we put whole flock on it for 6 days, but moving forward we don’t want to continue giving antibiotics to our flock now that we understand it can lead to spiraling flock...
  13. M

    Essential Oils for Respiratory Issues

    Has anyone used essential oils like peppermint oil or eucalyptus oil for chicken respiratory issues? On a side note I have been seeing mice by the big crate my chicks. And I read that peppermint oil would be a good for keeping them aways.
  14. NelsonNedLover

    Sticky/Clear Mucus(?) Desperate

    Hi all, I have a 5-year-old Bantam rooster who has been sick for about a month now. He had been doing this gagging/regurgitating motion and acting lethargic. He was treated by a vet for a bacterial crop infection and given antibiotics. After a week, he was cured of this infection. Although he...
  15. S

    Gulping for air and wheezing

    Hi All, . This girl just started this in the past two hour or so. She's obviously in discomfort open mouth gulping for air and wheezing. I have spoken to our vet and will take her in this arvo but he really doesn't have much idea whats going on and other than administering some ABs or PTSing...
  16. Tanya22

    Weak rooster with wry neck and respiratory issue

    Hey everyone! My rooster developed a wry neck and had some respiratory issues before. I decided to treat with a 5 day course of tetracycline and also multivitamin drops + half capsule of vitamin e daily. His antibiotics course ended yesterday but there's no improvement. He keeps sleeping and his...
  17. Diveks

    Respiratory infection or new bedding?

    My chickens have been constantly sneezing, I am not sure if it is a respiratory infection or because I just changed to coco chips for their run. They have been sneezing for over a week now, the issue is that I just introduced a new rooster to my flock which might have given a virus to everyone...
  18. Saaniya

    How long Doxycycline should be used when it’s Respiratory Infection?

    One of my birds having Respiratory Infection, Clicking sound when he breathes, tried to fix it with Baytril 10% nothing helped so switched to Doxycycline forte , 25 mg one dose seems to be helping but clicking is still there how many days we need to completely clear the infection...
  19. F

    Sick hen, worried about flock

    One of my silkie hens started acting lethargic two days ago. Yesterday, we found her with yellow crust completely over both eyes, yellow nasal discharge, and her feathers felt stiff/clumpy/greasy. She did not make it through the night. I am worried about the rest of my flock. I have 9 other...
  20. K

    Respiratory or Gapeworm?

    I have a chicken that was almost gasping for air last night for around 10 minutes. I brought her inside, she ate a scrambled egg and seemed to be okay after that. I am worried that it’s a respiratory infection, I looked down her throat and could not see any worms. Unsure of what to do and what...
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