URGENT- Raspy pullet

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I have a 15wk old pullet that has been not right for nearly 3 weeks. When I purchased her, she appeared fine but the next day I went outside and she had bubbly snot coming out her nostrils and rattly rapsy breathing. I took her straight to the vet and he prescribed baytril for 5 days. This was given alongside citricidal, poultry spice, garlic and cider vinegar! It cleared up the mucous and now there is no smell or snot BUT her chest is still rattly, you can hear her from a little distance and she has the odd sneeze, she is eating/drinking well and doesnt appear to be struggling to breathe or anything. I have treated her with flubenvet to cover all avenue but the issue is, I purchased her for breeding and showing :( I have limited space and cant keep anyumore than 8 chooks at any time, so I know I cant show this girl but what do I do. I cant rehome her with a rattly chest as I assume she could pass it on to others???? Why would she still be rattly? I feel really sad about culling her as she istrotting happily round the garden :(
and I thaught keeping chickens was going to be easy!
 
Hi,take her back to your vet that treated her before,to still be chesty suggests a chest infection,when she she had the snotty beak it may have just been a cold.
Ask the vet to treat her with a different antibiotic,she may need tylan,this works better if injected rather than orally.your vet can show you how to inject her,so you don't need to keep going to the vets.
Good luck and I hope she's better soon.
 
ive just brought her in now and put my ear to her back, her chest actually sounds clear. the resping appears to be coming from further up yet there is no mucous coming from her nostrils and her eyes are clear?
 
Well it's good that her chest sounds clear,imo I would still take her to see your vet and see what they suggest.
 
Did you take her to a vet, or to an avian vet? :-)11
I once bought a flock of healthy birds to breed from, but when one of the hens turned out to be a cockerel, I went and bought a replacement hen. This hen introduced a disease. :cry: :cry: At that point in time I had no idea wht it was, all of the birds caught it, they had bubbly snot, they were sneezing and their brath rattled quite loudly. I contacted an avian vet who said it sounded like mycoplasma. The chickens had a blood test, and the results were positive :cry: :cry: . That was the end of any breeding showing idea, because, although antibiotics can be given for the disease, the infection remains with the bird and arises when they get stressed....
I only brought that up because it sounded a bit like mycoplasma. I think you should contact an avian vet to see what S/he thinks. :-)11 :-)07 :-)11 :-)07
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