EMERGENCY!!!!!! Must stop before it gets SERIOUS!!!!!! Possible FLU!

[Sebrite_97]

I need answers ASAP!!! My baby chick cochin is begining to sneeze and cough and has a runny nose. In my chicken disease book it says a symptom of Influenza is sneezing and coughing! We JUST noticed today and i've only had one bird die of illness before and it was a possible case of Streptococcis.... Which She died this morning. (RIP Pudding) Im trying to stomp this illness in the ground quickely because i CANNOT have it spread through my teeny tiny flock of 9 chickens(4 adults, 5 adolescents) Ive never had any type of "disease" in my flock before until just today. I am starting to suspect that it is the new Sillkie I bought at a poultry swap in Clay County FLA, Though she appeared to be in relative good health, I do know that when you buy new chickens it is prime time for disease to spread. I also think, since it happend this morning, I think the RIR named pudding may have somthing to do with this as well. Please Please help! I can't live with another preventable death on my shoulders

, So please, if any Info, post it here ASAP! Thank you Very Very Very Very Very much!

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

check this out, maybe youll be lucky and itll be minor like a vitamin def.
it sounds like something much more serious tho.....
next time quarantine for 2 - 4 weeks minimum

http://www.apa-abayouthprogramsite.org/Edu_Material/VITAMINS.pdf

 

[tnchickenut]

You probrably have, but quarentine immediately!!!

Please call a vet. If you still have the dead bird, let the vet do a autopsy. This is the SOP for bird flu. My regular dog/cat vet doesn't do chickens but will take a carcass and send it off for me.(not that I needed it.... but I'm that one person who asks so I know)

I may be nothing, but AI is nothing to fool with. Call around. You'd be surprised how many dog/cat vets are willing to help. They all are legally allowed to treat chickens and a farm vet may even have experience. If you lived closer to me I'd give you the number to my guy.

Hope it is nothing serious, but the sudden death you talk about is a scarey thing. AI has sudden deaths along with the sneezing and such.
GOOD LUCK!

 

[chookchick]

There are many chicken diseases that cause sneezing and runny noses. It is probably not avian influenza, as this is very rare. More likely something like MG, MS or Coryza. Please separate out the new bird, and any sick birds immediately. Get them far away from the rest of your flock. Your best bet is treating the affected birds with Tylan. Having an autopsy done on any birds that die is a good idea--so you know exactly what you are dealing with. Keep the dead birds refrigerated until you can get them to the vet or extension agency.

Please let this be a lesson on the dangers of introducing grown birds, and not doing quarantine. Though quarantine will NOT guarantee that the new bird, who may appear completely healthy, won't introduce some disease that your birds have no immunity to. That is why I will no longer bring in grown chickens.

 

[tnchickenut]

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I didn't mean it probrably is AI... I mean it isn't anything to joke with. I would check to make sure. Even if there is a 1% chance it could be ... I'd check with a autopsy.