Sick flock treatment (eyes & respiratory)

This was 4 days ago. There was blood/scab next to her beak on her right side too. This is directly after spraying her with colloidal silver, so her colors are more vivid. It was also directly behind her comb.
 

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I just did ivermectin on 1/2 of them yesterday, and 1/2 the day before. So can't see any progress on ivermectin (if it does anything) yet.
Seems to be targeting mostly silkies and a few cochins. Only 1 polish (my main rooster) had it.
I feel like it's bugs, but I see nothing. I've had bugs with owning silkies plenty, so I know what those look like. The symptoms seem right-ish, but I don't see mites or anything else.
 

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This is Silver, my main polish rooster. He had his eye sealed shut & it had yellow skin. I squirted colloidal silver in it over & over to flush it, and kept him in a while & periodically squirted more in until it was good & open. It had a lot of yellow foam in it. I had to squirt colloidal silver in it multiple times a day for a few days & it finally cleared up and looks this good now. I don't have a picture of what it looked like.
 

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This boy's eye was basically swollen shut. I keep spraying with colloidal silver and it opened back up, but is still a little swollen. Whenever spraying anyone, I always do both eyes to make sure I get everything.
 

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This girl had the yellow foam 2 days ago and yesterday. Today it's not all better, but the foam is gone. It was foamy in her right eye.
 

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This boy had bubbles in his eye (I'm pretty sure it was also his right eye). And with colloidal silver it cleared up.
 

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There's unfortunately no home remedy for this. You can only offer support.
Don't give garlic, it's toxic to them.
Can you get pictures ?
I've read so much about garlic being good for them, are you sure?
What kind of support?
I posted current pictures.
 
I've read so much about garlic being good for them, are you sure?
What kind of support?
I posted current pictures.
It is commonly said to be good for them across social media and blogs but in reality, but those people are just parroting what they've read on some other blog.
it's a blood thinner and toxic in amounts over 0.5% of their body weight.
If it a chronic ailments, you can get them through it with antibiotics but they'll be carriers for life so you'll need to practice strict bio-security.
Vitamins, treatment of the symptoms will be supportive.
 
This is the swollen around the eyes on one of my 6 week old chicks. 2 had it, so I spray them multiple times a day every day. It seems to be going down. These pictures were 6 days ago.
 

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It is commonly said to be good for them across social media and blogs but in reality, but those people are just parroting what they've read on some other blog.
it's a blood thinner and toxic in amounts over 0.5% of their body weight.
If it a chronic ailments, you can get them through it with antibiotics but they'll be carriers for life so you'll need to practice strict bio-security.
Vitamins, treatment of the symptoms will be supportive.
What do you think it is?
And how do you know it's that, and not something else?
And what antibiotics would you recommend?
I don't have a vet that can prescribe anything.
 

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