Chicken with a runny nose and panting! Advice needed!

[KJS]

Hi everyone,
I have a chicken with a runny nose! She is about 5 1/2 months old, and is a silver laced Wyandotte. About 5 days ago I noticed she had a runny nose and is panting. She is eating and drinking normally and I have been wiping her clear oozing boogers of with wet paper towels. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks!

 

[Kiki]

Any sneezing, coughing, head shaking?
Any new birds brought in recently?
What does her poop look like?
Pics?

 

[Parront]

Any Stress of any kind? Just started laying, changes of any kind!

 

[KJS]

Any sneezing, coughing, head shaking?
Any new birds brought in recently?
What does her poop look like?
Pics?

She does sneeze and shakes her head afterward to try and get rid of the snot. Her and her companion a Blue Cochin were added to the flock recently, about 3 weeks ago but the older hens don't like them so they stay in a separate cage. All of the chickens except the little Wyandotte went to a show recently.

 

[KJS]

Any Stress of any kind? Just started laying, changes of any kind!

We moved her to our house about 3 weeks ago with her companion (a Blue Cochin).

 

[Kiki]

You are either dealing with something that will go away on its own or you will need antibiotics.
There are quite a few different respiratory diseases out there.
Is taking one or both to a vet an option?

 

[Parront]

We moved her to our house about 3 weeks ago with her companion (a Blue Cochin).

Moving and a show are stress-ful. That could start or (restart) a problem. Stress could let an infection begin. Best to isolate the sneezing, snotty birds. That is really difficult, you have to feed them last, not handle them and then handle your healthy birds. If that is too late, get some extra vitamins and electrolyte mix like for little chicks, and treat them all like they were little babies! Really baby them, lots of water, extra favorite foods that are high protein, the works! Stress will cause your birds to get sick without exposure to germs at all.

 

[Parront]

We moved her to our house about 3 weeks ago with her companion (a Blue Cochin).

3 weeks sounds like an incubation period to me. If you got them at a show, they could have been exposed to almost anything. Wait, Support with great care. Watch. Hope for the best!

 

[Kiki]

You don't even need to bring a chicken to a show, you yourself can carry home diseases.

 

[Parront]

When I took my sick parrot to the vet, she had an incubator! Like a fish tank, high temp + humidity, like an incubator. The vet put her on an IV. It is super expensive, chickens do not get this treatment! But, to my chicken loving friends, I share what I learned at the expensive exotic vet. She waited for 2 days before acting. She gave lots of fluids, and nutrition, heat, rest. Think: Neo-natal unit. I am not kidding, that is what the exotic vet's ICU looks like!