Canker or wet fowl pox or ?

[Sellsouthfl]

I am dealing with another round of respiratory illness but instead of antibiotics I am now using more natural methods in the hopes that the super weak die off and the overall flock health improves. I’m also concerned about med resistant bacteria.
However, I also noticed one hen with a swollen bump inside her beak. What do you all think? It appears painful as she wasn’t closing her mouth all the way when eating.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is there a bad odor?

What respiratory disease are you dealing with?

 

[Sellsouthfl]

I did not notice an odor when I picked her up yesterday. The bump is hard. I am not sure what the exact respiratory illness is. Many have a strong rattle/wheeze. I am hoping to book a mobile vet for the first time this week. Ive treated with multiple antibiotics before, and some did better than others. One hen in particular seemed to remain ill throughout the rounds of meds. She was lethargic and isolated herself. After about 4 months she finally passed about 3 weeks ago. Had one pullet die earlier this week at the beginning of the flock's illness. Funny enough, both hens that died were white laced wyandottes, though not from same hatchery or same age. Rattle has spread

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I did not notice an odor when I picked her up yesterday. The bump is hard. I am not sure what the exact respiratory illness is. Many have a strong rattle/wheeze. I am hoping to book a mobile vet for the first time this week. Ive treated with multiple antibiotics before, and some did better than others. One hen in particular seemed to remain ill throughout the rounds of meds. She was lethargic and isolated herself. After about 4 months she finally passed about 3 weeks ago. Had one pullet die earlier this week at the beginning of the flock's illness. Funny enough, both hens that died were white laced wyandottes, though not from same hatchery or same age. Rattle has spread

Hopefully the vet can access that better and suggest treatment.

It sounds like you have a respiratory disease going around within your flock, so keeping it closed is a good idea. Don't bring in new birds or sell/give away any birds, hatching eggs, etc.

There's quite a few respiratory diseases that affect poultry. Some viral, others bacterial, so antibiotics may help or not. Also some antibiotics will not treat respiratory disease in poultry. For instance take Mycoplasma. You can treat the Symptoms with Tylosin or Tiamulin fairly well, but an antibiotic like Amoxicillin will not be effective since MG has no cell wall, so nailing down the correct meds is part of success.