BIrds all clogged up?

[Singlemaple]

I just put down 4 of my birds..

They have been coughing / sneezing for the last 2 weeks and the last 2 days started to have a discharge coming from the mouth / nose...

do you know what could have caused that?

I inspected them after i put them down they where draining lots of stuff through there nose.
I opened there mouths and it looked like a bacterial infection on the back of they're throats, the throats were white not pink and they had what looked like boogers in they're mouths...


what could have caused this?
I do have alot of wild animals around but in the almost 6 years i have had chickens this has not once happened to me..

the birds i put down were,

2 BSl's i hatched one in febuary and one in march,
1 EEx that hatched in febuary and then one EE rooster hatched in may...


the rest of my flock is on medication... and i have no one else coughing..

 

[Smithyard Farm]

ahh hanna - that stinks... hope you find out... and all is well with the rest of your flock.. especially that beige one..

fingers crossed for you!


-Jen

 

[leadwolf1]

My best advice for you would be to have testing done on one of the birds. I think a nasal swab would be all that would be necessary for diagnosis. That way you would know for sure.

 

[Singlemaple]

where can i get testing done for the birds??

 

[leadwolf1]

Call your local government extension office and ask for the number of your state lab. Start there first.

 

[Singlemaple]

okay thanks so much leadwolf1......


Yeah i figured i should have culled them before risking the lives of my other 100 hens...