help please!!!!!!!

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

Im in need of a little advice i have a stock hen thats showing signs of respiratory as she is making slight grunts when she is breathing my question is can i treat the whole loft  when i have just had 2 young chipped out today will it effect them in any way. any advice would be great.

 

thanks in advance

[jimmy white]

i would be more inclined .........Damian,,,,,,,,to make sure you have plenty air space per bird, and the loft is not overcrowded, and bone dry,, [do you live in Scot, as we've had some really damp wet weather lately ,especially today , really miserable wet and dank  :'(] but as to your question , if i thought it was really  bad , i would treat them all [as even the yb,s just hatched will not come on ,being fed by infected birds] but dryness and fresh air is the best cure,, hope things go well

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

hi jimmy thanks for the reply im in  cheshire the loft only houses 10 birds and its plenty ventilated its 14 ft with an aviary attached that hen seems to be the only one showing any signs of it these are my first young of the year as i have only just started up just a little concerned about them.

thanks again

[jimmy white]

hi Damian,,,,never noticed Cheshire :-/ still , it has not been the driest time, im just thinking maybe rightly or wrongly, are you sure this is respiratory?, do the stock birds fly out?, as ive seen fat hens kinda grunt like that , but if it is repiratory probs you may find there will be more with it, maybe unnoticable . as i said b4 the fresh air and the sun are great healers [thats if we get any ,up here ]   but if i were to treat , which i would be loath to do , i would treat them all with tylan , thatll cure it ok,  but finding out the cause is allways best