Chickens with colds, what do you do?

[jimred]

When your chicken gets a cold and is sneezing, do you give it any medication or leave it to see if it gets over by its self (not mycoplasma or smilar which needs treating ASAP) but the common cold.

I would be interested to here your home remedies

[Nicos]

We had one gal with a light cold in the summer.
.....we kept an eye on her and she finally got over it.
We did however keep a close eye on the others in case it spread- but it didn't!

Sometimes it's too easy to rush to the vets- but you'd kick yourself if you missed something serious wouldn't you?

[VirginVegGrower]

Garlic in mash porridge and Citricidal in water are thought to help.

[petal]

the chicken vet told us (and this vet is no nincompoop like some are!!!)there is no such thing as the common cold in chickens. Its all mycoplasma and treated with tylan. If you don't they can end up with a rattly chest and that can spell the end. You can boost their systems with garlic and herbal additives and remove, keep in warm place. Bear in mind its transferable to hatching eggs, apparently.
to avoid it in my various flocks- if a new addition(usually a stud cockerel!) arrives it is kept in isolation with a 'sacrificial' bird. If after 2 weeks all is well they are allowed to stay!

[Nicos]

Really?.....ooops!

Gosh you learn something on here every day!

[RichmondHens]

Tylan is the best antibiotic for respiratory problems. Really acute cases need injection into the breast muscle but most flocks are ok with powder in the water. If you only have one or two snuffly birds and don't want to sacrifice your eggs by dosing the whole flock (egg withdrawal is necessary with antibiotic treatment) then isolate the snuffly ones and just treat them. Some herbal supplements are supposed to have a good effect, our vet recommends Orego Stim and Herban and we use freshly crushed garlic cloves either in the water or smeared on pieces of bread. Remember though mycoplasma is a lifelong condition - most birds recover from an attack but will remain carriers for life and should not be bred from.

[jimred]

Tylan is the best antibiotic for respiratory problems. Really acute cases need injection into the breast muscle but most flocks are ok with powder in the water. If you only have one or two snuffly birds and don't want to sacrifice your eggs by dosing the whole flock (egg withdrawal is necessary with antibiotic treatment) then isolate the snuffly ones and just treat them. Some herbal supplements are supposed to have a good effect, our vet recommends Orego Stim and Herban and we use freshly crushed garlic cloves either in the water or smeared on pieces of bread. Remember though mycoplasma is a lifelong condition - most birds recover from an attack but will remain carriers for life and should not be bred from.

I normally put Orego in the water during the winter, but the hen got worse so I had a visit to the vet and he prescribed Tylan ' she now in a box next to the radiator under the Christmas tree and on the mend.

[VirginVegGrower]

I normally put Orego in the water during the winter, but the hen got worse so I had a visit to the vet and he prescribed Tylan ' she now in a box next to the radiator under the Christmas tree and on the mend.

It'll be pecking the baubles soon pleased to hear she's on the mend.

[veggiechicken]

Glad she's on the mend too as I've been biting my tongue everytime I see the title of this thread - I want to say "Pass the kleenex" - There I've said it - sorry

[jimred]

She on the mend she tried to roost in the Christmas tree.

[Feral007]

LOL I was just going to say she'll prob roost in the tree, but too late! Like VC with the tissues.

[VirginVegGrower]

Bless maybe she should get a Santa hat!