Chickens sneezing for months

[altballard]

Thanks for the interesting article, however I don’t recognize any of those listed symptoms with my flock.

I’ve had chickens for many years, and although I’m NO expert these gals are normal, fat and healthy in all ways except for the occasional high pitched sneeze.

It’s been around 3 months and no one is “sick”. Everyone is rambunctious and they all eat and drink a ton and I haven’t lost a single bird. Like I mentioned, there is no nasal or eye discharge or watery-ness of any kind. No head shaking or facial swelling.

Did you ever resolve the sneezing? I'm curious to know as a few of mine are doing the same thing as you've described and are also not sick.

 

[altballard]

Ammonia fumes from soiled bedding can be an issue. Proper ventilation and removing soiled bedding will help eliminate the sneezing. Using DE can be a problem, pesticides, dander in bedding, feed dust, mold spores, pollen can also be problems.
If the sneezing persists; on a warm day thoroughly clean out the coop and nest boxes. Then spray activated oxine inside the coop. Let it dry and add fresh bedding. If you do this, start early in the morning.
Then using a spray bottle set on a fine mist, mix unactivated oxine with water and mist over the heads of your chickens 3 times a day for 10 days.
Here's a link regarding using oxine. Please read all of it. Revival AH sells it:
https://www.shagbarkbantams.com/the-many-uses-of-oxine-ah-animal-health/

Question: if you activate the Oxine what do you do with the chickens till it's safe for them to be near the coop? And how far away for their safety?
My run is attached to the coop so they would have to be moved away.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It doesn't have an impact in open air. So it largely depends on how large the building is and the amount of ventilation. Does it have huge openable windows?
It may be good enough if you do it early in the day and keep the birds in the run. It will dissipate in open air.