Both of these girls are laying age it’s their first summer as adults. One makes a coughing honking sound like something is stuck in her throat. I’ve checked her mouth and saw nothing. Wormed her just in case but this has been going on for weeks. There’s no discharge, bubbles around eyes...
I had a hen that became ill probably a month ago. It was odd, she was smelly, had flaking skin and was constantly hiding and acting stressed. She even stopped eating. I treated for mites, bathed, and wormed her, treated her weepy skin with blue kote. She got better and is acting normal...
My chickens aren’t vaccinated for Marek’s. I bought some from a local breeder and some from the feed-store as well as a chicken auction, which I can tell you is pretty fun to take part in. Sold a number of my excess roosters that way. I used to work at a feed store myself an none of the chicks...