do they typically clear there nostril's? ugh--i cant stop worrying!!!

[Mama2B&D&...Chickens]

that there all going to fall over dead! they'll be 2 wks old monday but my BO has almost always cleared her nose--makes this poof sound but today i felt something wet come out of it!

i think some of the others started too!!!

There eating and drinking fine though, temps right! seem content...I think post on here freak me out sometimes about them just getting sick REal quick and then bam, gone---or it freaks me out how if one gets sick the others could so easily! LOL I'm such a WORRY WORT! I did do a search on sneezing but honestly, I'm not even sure it's a sneeze...??? Oh, the joys of owning your very 1st

 

[Mama2B&D&...Chickens]

anyone??? i just changed there bedding so it's clean--keep it VERY clean and was picking them up and 2 of them that I noticed I could hear "poof,poof" if i listened real close?? Can't tell if its just normal clearing of debri? do they do this...or the sniffles!!!

 

[MissAnnieFrannie]

I cant say for a fact it isnt anything serious, but my Cubalaya bantams do it from time to time, sounds like a tiny abbreviated sneeze, and they are just fine

have done it since I got them over a month ago.

 

[Kelly G]

Not to alarm you - it could be nothing - but it could be a Respiratory Infection. With my shipment of chicks in Feb. 2009 I had one Columbian Wyandotte who frequently shook her head and often took an open beak breath. I chose to treat her with a broad spectrum antibiotic I purchased at the feed store. It worked - and she got better. She never did grow as big as her clutch-mates, but she did grow and appear to be healthy. But when she reached the "point of lay". She died. I think she suffered from a failure to thrive. Possibly if I had taken her to the vet and gotten a better antibiotic while she was sick, it might have made a different outcome.

A lot of time, chicks who fail to thrive early on, die mysteriously when they reach POL (or shortly after). It seems there is a lot of evidence to support this, but maybe others will post their success stories and give you some hope. And maybe she is not even sick at all. It's hard to judje without seeing her for ourselves.

There are three paths (that I know of) that you can take:
1) Trip to the vet for accurate diagnosis.
2) Purchase antibiotic (at the feed store) and treat following instructions. It's a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Know that it may not be exactly what is needed, but on the other hand it just might work!
3) Wait and see. Sometime it's nothing, and sometimes they heal on their own.

I have decided that if this happens to me in the future...and it is CLEAR the chick is unhealthy, I will not intervene (except if it needs humane euthansia)...it was a lot of work for me and stress for the chick - and she died anyway.

Good luck with you little baby - hopefully she'll be just fine!

 

[Kittymomma]

What are you using in the brooder? The first time I used shavings and they were always making goofy noises because of all the dust.

 

[mboreham1]

mine do it, have done it from day 1 almost, chickens give off a lot of dust, like a previous post says, i cannot promise it is nothing but i wouldn't worry unless there are other accompanying signs - fluid running from nasal passage, goopy eyes, lethargy, lack of interaction with the others

 

[Mama2B&D&...Chickens]

thanks so much everyone...it seems to be a few of them--there eating, drinking and everything else seems normal--they are on pine shavings and i just changed them today and it was DUSTY in there...wonder if I should switch to something else?? they pull back paper towels already so that won't work anymore...lol...idk...i just get worried that I'll miss something if they are sick and it will be too late but theres nothing coming out of there noses or anything!?