Let’s talk about how to treat cough in broilers. A lot of people have reached out to me asking how to treat cough in broiler chickens, and my answer has been the same. There is a reason why I have maintained a single remedy for the treatment of cough. Because it has always worked. As you may be feeling about your chickens too, many of these people become scared. Especially after losing some of the chickens to the cough. What’s even very interesting about my treatment pattern is that you start to see noticeable improvements from the second day. So if you are also looking for how to treat cough in your broiler chickens, I congratulate you.
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What people call cough is actually Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD). But you know, it’s allowed to call it cough as long as you will not be graded. If you were a student, then you better save the difference. CRD is a common disease of broiler caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum. The second most common disease of broiler is coccidiosis which can also be arrested with common herbs.
How to Treat Cough in Broilers
It interferes with the normal breathing of infected birds and can be very fatal. It often comes with signs like chirping or labored breathing. There are also symptoms of cough.
Organic Treatment of CRD in Broilers
Ingredients: Ginger + Garlic extract + Cayenne pepper (dry)
- Get 350 grams each of Ginger and Garlic
- Blend in 500 ml of water
- Administer 20 ml per liter to their drinking water, adding 2 tbsp of powdered cayenne pepper to every litter.
- Dosage: 20 ml to a liter of water, Cayenne pepper 2 tbsp to a liter of water
If you don’t have powdered cayenne pepper, you can get equal amount of the three ingredients (fresh) and blend with water. Administer 20 ml per liter of water. This means that if you are giving your broiler chickens 20 liter of water, you will need 400 ml of the mixture.
Use this treatment throughout the day and continue the next day. You can use it for 5 days to completely relieve your birds from chronic respiratory disease or cough. This is how to treat cough in chickens.
Synthetic Treatment of Cough in Chickens
Although I don’t do this, I still need to make it available to you so you have options. CRD can also be managed with synthetic medications. Some of the drugs used for this purpose include, Tylodox, Gentylo, Colistin, Penprovit. It has proven effective in the treatment of cough in broilers. However, this method is more expensive and is not the safest for humans.
More on Mycoplasma
Most of the time, chicks come from the hatchery already harboring Mycoplasma gallisepticum in them. How do I know this? The disease called mycoplasmosis cannot be completely eradicated in an infected flock but can only be suppressed. For this reason, it is transferred from an infected breeding flock to the eggs, and if special precautions are not taken, it makes it into the chick’s life. This is why Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD) is difficult to completely eradicate. To know how to treat cough in broilers, it is better to start by knowing how Mycoplasma spreads, and this is one.
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Can I give layer this mixture
Yes, you can
Thanks for the information, but I really don’t know this particular pepper you talked about.
Thank you, Nonso
Kindly check Google for the picture of the pepper. Some of the common names in the West include Shombo and bawa
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This is great. Thank you so much. I must confess, since I started following organic methods, my birds mortality rate is almost zero. Thanks for your good advice towards this method.
Comment:if I want to do organic will I still vaccinate my chick
Only if you choose to actually.
For starters, I encourage that you vaccinate, though.
Does it work
Yes. It works great
My brolier is having green in their poop what can I give them to stop
Try Doxygen
Thanks.
Is there any organic vaccination table.
For starters precisely.
Thank you for eloquent and articulate lecture. Can this also cure the CRD if this is course by new castle diseases? Giving then this concoction for five straight days without break won’t it have effect on their weight.
I just came in, although i am really geting educated by the comments I av seen so far.
Thank you!
Thank you for this. Can I give this mixture to my 1week old birds?
If they are on druks already should I discontinue of I should add this one to it
Can I use dry ginger and fresh garlic or I should go for freash one ?
Thank you so much
Can I give your mixture to birds less than one week?
Can I give it to them to prevent it… though some of them have cough.
Am really impressed , but my chicks is just a WK and 4days now.
Awesome
My chicken are paralyzes what can I use for the treatment
Thank you for a wonderful knowledge on broiler disease management I have enjoyed so much. Get blessed
My broilers are not growing well .A six weeks broiler looking like a 3 weeks old. I feed them well with ultima starter even in the night, i still put light for them. What could be the problem. Although they have crd
Hello. Although CRD is enough reason for broiler to not grow well, if it is serious, you might be dealing with more than that
Thank you plenty. What quantity is 350g? I do not have a weighing scale. My birds are just few but are down with cough. They drink like half of the normal drinker of water a day.
I love your advice though I have not started farm but intend to since I retired thinking of what to do. Opeyemi pls be my helper because I am afraid
Am gonna try it immediately
Mr Opeyemi, thanks for the video and the write up. I really enjoyed reading this article and I believe that it will work for me. Thanks for sharing this priceless knowledge.
Please help me my broliers are having serious cough , what can I use
How many pepper can I brend for 50 birdsl/
Can I give my broilers tonic while treating CRD organically
Pls my birds are having serious cough and sneezing.. have try so many drugs still no result.. what do I do
My broiler chicks have CRD, and I want to give them anti cocci and antibiotics in next two days, can I still add the ginger, garlic and cayen pepper in their water when I’m administering the anti cocci and antibiotics?
Great and educative
Please I have just three dày olds chicks and they have started suffering from catarrh and even I have loose almost 20 now what can I do and there is enough heat
hello can i give the remedy to 2 weeks old broilers?
Hello caa i give the remedy to 2 weeks old broilers?
Please my broilers is just five weeks. They are always feeling sleeping and cough. Please could that be CRD. and if yes can ginger and garlic be ok
Yes, it could be chronic respiratory disease
Thanks very much for the teaching of CRD, am very happy because am experiencing cough on my birds and I have used different drugs.
Pls my chicken is 6 weeks now,and they are having serious cough and cold, what can I use for them,they are up to 50
Thank you very much Sir for this great knowledge
Please can I have the herbal already made from you? For the treatment of CRD in broilers
This is a good one thanks .