Chickens with runny nose and sneezing

Well I had a few die I would move the ones that got sick and were acting lazy into isolation and hope for the best I started treating with something that starts with an a that was mixed at the vet for me and that really helped! I just got over that knock on wood and I bought some chicks from a lady who I had gotten sick birds from the first time I ever bought chicks and she promised it was gone that she burnt her boorder and everything was fine started out with 7 Yokohama chicks now I'm down to 2 eyes swell shut (different symptoms from before) and then now they have sneezed nothing seems to phase it Ive wormed them vetrxed them and now I start the argon I think is what its called about 3 days ago so well see if the two make it ;-(

Hi I was wondering Wats wrong I have a chicken that keeps closing it's eyes and I have noticed she has clear bubbles coming from.her nose every now and again I have separated her and bought her into the house she has had a drink and is still.laying can anyone advise me

Oh and btw I figured out why my polish got sick! I think! I moved them outside to my chick grow out cage that's on wire off the ground and I figured (I'm kinda new to chickens well raising them from chicks) and I thought the droppings could just fall and everything would be fine it never dawned on me that I needed to shovel it out and I'm super clean but I noticed maggots in the dirt (its about 4 foot off the ground) and started shoveling one day n the smell almost knocked me down! So I'm thinking that was the root of the problem! I cleaned it out and moved the polish to their new nice breeding cages we built and everything has been going pretty good knock on wood! I did loose about 4 polish during the whole ordeal out of about 30! ;-(

Hi Everyone,

I just bought a few chickens from someone(2-3 weeks old), and I noticed one of them has a runny nose and sneezed this clear goop. I haven't checked the others to see if I saw anymore sneezing, but what should I do about this? Should I give them some kind of medicine or wait and see how they do? It was just very cold out last night, could they have just cought a cold from being too cold?

vandamma72 said:

Hi Everyone,

I just bought a few chickens from someone(2-3 weeks old), and I noticed one of them has a runny nose and sneezed this clear goop. I haven't checked the others to see if I saw anymore sneezing, but what should I do about this? Should I give them some kind of medicine or wait and see how they do? It was just very cold out last night, could they have just cought a cold from being too cold?

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Have you found anything out yet? My chickens are having the same problem!

I just want to say "thank you" for all the help this site has been since I got back in to raising chickens (we had them when I was a kid) back in February. It seems that every time I had a question, when I googled the problem this site came up. So now I finally joined with a question of my own. This may run long and I apologize in advance, but information is the best route to a good answer.

I have what I consider to be three groups of chickens. The first my wife and I bought at TSC and consists of Barred Rocks, Red Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds and Cornish Rocks. I have ten layers and two roos - we got them in February and they are flourishing giving us between 8 and 10 eggs a day.
We lost one RIR chick a few days after bringing her home.

Back in June we ordered some Gold and Silver-laced Wyandottes and some Easter Eggers. We lost one Easter Egger a few days after we moved them into a holding coop outside. Sad, but actually we feel we are doing pretty well. We have thirteen left in that group.

About a month ago, my wife and I were looking for some Lavender Orpingtons and found some Buff Orpingtons in Craigs List. We went over and looked them over and they appeared healthy. The fellow selling them had a pretty good layout with about a hundred chickens of all breeds kept in separate pens and coops. We also bought a beautiful mixed bird (we call her speckles) and a White Rock. These birds were all around ten weeks old when we bought them.

Shortly after buying them we had to go out of town for the weekend and our neighbor, who is also in to chickens looked after our babies (we had them separated by group - I call them Broods 1, 2, & 3 in order of our getting them). Our neighbor said she noticed one of Brood 3 had a runny nose so she put all of them on an anti-biotic. When we got home we found out which one she was using and bought some so we could continue the treatment. The bird got better and we figured there was no problem. I was concerned about the cramped cage we were having to keep them in and set about building a new "holding" coop for them and brood 2, who were also outgrowing their habitat.

Between the weather and numerous interruptions I finally got the new coop fixed up and ready last week. I had closed off what had once been an old dog pen which was next door to my chicken yard where Brood 1 lives. The eventual plan is to open the gate I've put between the two enclosures and allow all my chickens to roam freely between the two but be able to close it off if needed for any reason. For now, until Brood 2 and 3 are grown enough to hold their own with their bigger "siblings" I want to keep them segregated.

So last week my wife and I began to move Brood 2 and 3 together, we figured there had been no further health problems with Brood 3 and I felt sorry for the birds living in that cage like they were - at the same the situation with Brood 2 had become untenable with the constant rain and a drainage problem and their size. They had been in that holding area much longer than I had expected. With the new coop prepared I wanted them moved and figured I'd move them together so they could get used to each other and eventually merge my whole flock.

The problem developed several days ago when one of my two buffs from Brood 3 began to act poorly. There were no physical signs of health problems, but she had always been small - the runt of the group. Now she barely moved and never joined the other chickens on the roost. I hoped she was just weak and thought I'd bet her a lower roost and maybe with the new freedom and vegetation available in the pen she'd start flourishing a bit. I figured if she didn't come around in a day or so I'd isolate her. She died before I could do it.

Two days ago we noticed our White Rock from the same brood with a runny nose. We immediately isolated her; we have put the anti-biotic in both her water and the water of the larger flock (Broods 2 and 3 combined) - as they are separated by a fence from Brood 1 and have had no physical contact I don't see a problem, but don't know a dose or two of meds in their water might not be called for but I don't want to over medicate lest it nullify the effectiveness when needed.

Anyway, the White Rock today is doing better. Her beak is dried up, though some coagulated stuff around nostrils I might have to wipe off, but perky.

My question is (after all this explanation) am I dealing with a disaster averted (I know I lost the buff but it could have been worse) or just delayed. I know the truly safe bet is culling, but this White Rock is my wife's pet, she's even named her. I am wondering, how long should I continue to medicate her and how long should I continue to isolate her after she's symptom free?

The other two survivors from her group are doing great so far, though I have my eye on them.

Thanks in advance for your help.

My chickens have also came down with these same symptoms after new stock came into the flock. Sneezing, coughing, rattling, choking symptoms and gasping for air. Yellow runny stool and I think I have contracted it as well. Anyone ever get theirs checked by a vet to determine what it is?

Hi, I have two coops with sussexs in them. One has 7 light sussexs hens and 1 light sussex rooster and the other one has lavender, coronation and silver hens and coronation roosters and a silver rooster. In the light sussex coop there are 2 hens and a rooster which have snot on their beaks and sneezing a lot and 2 other hens that sneeze a lot. The other coop is fine and they are all healthy. The chickens have been getting worse. This started about 2-3 weeks age. It has been raining a lot and been a little cold in the morning. What do I do to make them all healthy again. I do live in Australia if there is any difference in things between countries. Also the light sussex hens are 30 weeks old and only one that i know is laying and it is laying about 2 eggs a day. In the other pen there is 14 hens and they are laying about 2-4 eggs a day. The most of the silver hens are laying and one of the coronations are laying too but non of the lavenders are laying and most of the coronations. Is there anything that i should do to make them lay more or are they just to young. I give them yogurt which is i think is making the ones which are laying lay more and i am giving them apple cider in there water. The light sussex hen is laying about 2 eggs a day. Every time i see it in the egg box and it hopes up there are two eggs under it and same with one of the silver sussexs in the other pen. That is all i know that helps them become healthier and lay more eggs. If anybody can help me with any of my problems that would be great.