Respiratory infection

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upert

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Respiratory infection
« on: September 16, 2016, 12:15 »
Hi

I bought some new hens the other day  and only noticed one had rattle in it's throat the next day. Now they all have it. I gave them apple cider vinegar in the water and garlic in the feed yet it's gotten worse. The vets say they don't have experience with chickens.

Could I use Dac Tylosin 10% in the water? It's primarily for pigeons yet I hear for chickens too.

I fear mycoplasma yet there is no smell, discharge or foamy eyes, just rattles and sneezes.

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Re: Respiratory infection
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2016, 09:27 »
I don't know anything about the medicine you mention, so can't advise you there.

Have you contacted the seller and asked about taking them back?

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Re: Respiratory infection
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2016, 11:22 »
I believe it's based around Tylan.

The place that sold them went out of business and were selling chickens off cheaply, no pun intended. Only one appeared to be ill. I had mixed them with my established flock.

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Re: Respiratory infection
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2016, 18:35 »
They might just be responding to the stress of moving and hopefully it will clear up in a few days. I'd try to keep them as calm and unstressed as possible (even feeding etc at the same times) and see how they go.

Otherwise I've had Baytril (sp?) antibiotics from the vet in the pasy which has worked well.



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