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Title: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Hannah Brush on January 08, 2015, 07:21:42 PM

I have a rooster and 2 hens that I think have a cold symptoms like sneezing coughing and runny nose I put vetRx in the water the past 2 days but is there anything else I can give them?
Thanks
--Hannah

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Hannah Brush on January 08, 2015, 07:43:33 PM

I also herd of some home remedies like scrambled eggs and stale bread moistened with milk but do they work?

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Clif Redden on January 08, 2015, 08:13:43 PM

Hannah LA 200 is a really good general antibiotic and Tylenol is a very good respiratory antibiotic. They are both injectables and very effective.

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Hannah Brush on January 08, 2015, 08:27:13 PM

Thanks cliff

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Clif Redden on January 08, 2015, 09:54:36 PM

Hannah I just read my post and my auto correct change a word it should say Tylon 50 not Tylenol.

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Connor Hogan on January 09, 2015, 01:32:13 PM

I don't think there is a good antibody for the cold. I am working on vaccines  for random poultry viruses. We will keep in touch.
-Connor

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Tailfeathers on January 10, 2015, 05:29:43 AM

Sounds like CRD.  Caused by MG.  Watch their eyes.  Makes sure they don't get goey and close shut.  Watch for a white solid mass to form and make sure you get it out of their eyes.  Put bleach in the water to keep it from spreading.  Recommend not breeding them.  Breed for resistance.  I stopped medicating because I got tired of treating sick birds all the time.  Started culling sick birds and only breeding ones that never showed signs.  Between that and not trying to raise chicks thru the winter, I rarely get a bird with CRD now.

God Bless,

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Schroeder on January 10, 2015, 08:47:37 AM

Royce - Could you provide more information about CRD.  Over the years I've had 2 or 3 pullets who became lethargic at about the same time their eyes would start to close shut.  I practice your treatment method at the very first sign.  No sense endangering all the other birds.
Duane

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Hannah Brush on January 12, 2015, 07:01:40 PM

Thank you all it really helped ;D
--Hannah

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Tailfeathers on January 14, 2015, 01:30:26 AM

Here ya go Duane:  http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/poultry/mycoplasmosis/mycoplasma_gallisepticum_infection_in_poultry.html

You can Google for more.  Also, CRD = Chronic Respiratory Disease.  It's also sometimes called Infectious Sinusitis.  Sounds like a fancy name for a sinus infection, doesn't it?   ;D

God Bless,

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Hannah Brush on January 14, 2015, 08:03:22 AM

Thanks for all the help

Title: Re: Cold Antibiotics
Post by: Sharon Yorks on January 18, 2015, 08:59:59 PM

Quote from: Connor Hogan on January 09, 2015, 01:32:13 PM

I don't think there is a good antibody for the cold. I am working on vaccines  for random poultry viruses. We will keep in touch.
-Connor

Connor...Are you working on "creating" a vaccines or trying to experiment with which ones to use for different poultry viruses? Please explain.