Chicken has a cold?

[Chicken-whisper]

A hen and a roo of mine both sneeze and have a mucusy sounding cough. Help?

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Are they sneezing constantly? My chickens sneeze almost every day. If you think they have a little cold, put some save-a-chick probiotics or electrolytes in their water. It could be a respiratory infection.

 

[Chicken-whisper]

They dont sneeze constantly but when they do it sounds strange.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sneezing and coughing can be a sign of infectious bronchitis, mycoplasma, and other respiratory diseases. Do you notice any swelling around an eye or face, crusty drainage of eyes, or nasal discharge. Make sure that your coop has a lot of ventilation, since a lack can help cause disease and their spread. An antibiotic such as oxytetracycline or Gallimycin may help symptoms, but sometimes these diseases may make carriers of your flock. Here is a good link to read about some of these diseases: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

 

[Chicken-whisper]

There is no facial swelling nor eye crusts, although one hen that sneezes does have some nasal discharge

 

[Eggcessive]

It sounds like infectious bronchitis or a milder strain of mycoplasma (MG.) IB tends to spread through the flock quickly.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

There are many respiratory issues in chickens. Some include mycoplasmosis, infectious coryza, infectious bronchitis, avian influenza, Newcastle diesease, (very rare.) fowl cholera and infectious laryngotacheitis. (ILT. ) Your's probably have infectious bronchitis. Has egg production gone down?

 

[Chicken-whisper]

There hasnt been a real noticeable change within egg production but my girls are also at the end of a molt