Fowlpox or Mycoplasma?

[servant_of_fluffs]

I have a five year old Orpington hen with watery eyes and loud darth Vadery breathing. She is also shaped very differently than her sisters. She is from a hatchery so maybe they mixed her with a broiler?!

This is one of her sisters.

This is another hen of mine who has kind of puffy and not all the way open eyelids.

Here’s another hen who’s comb and face looks very bumpy and dark.

This is my rooster. He has little scabs on his comb and his face looks a little puffy. (He lost the top of his comb to frostbite this winter.)

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have a five year old Orpington hen with watery eyes and loud darth Vadery breathing.

Are there any lesions inside the beak?
What's her crop like?
When was her last egg?
I don't see any Pox lesions on the combs or wattles. She does have some droopy eyes. Re-check the crop first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat or drink. Feel of her abdomen below the vent between her legs for any indication of bloat or fluid.

Possible she may have respiratory disease (Mycoplasma) but it would be a good idea to rule out canker, crop or reproductive problems which can also cause some raspy breathing.

This is my rooster. He has little scabs on his comb and his face looks a little puffy.

His scabs look like pick marks or injury from fencing. Any lesions inside his beak?

Here’s another hen who’s comb and face looks very bumpy and dark.

This hen has a rose comb with a hint of mulberry coloring on the face and comb. The comb should be bumpy.

Are they all eating/drinking o.k.?

Have you added any new birds recently?

 

[servant_of_fluffs]

Are there any lesions inside the beak?
What's her crop like?
When was her last egg?
I don't see any Pox lesions on the combs or wattles. She does have some droopy eyes. Re-check the crop first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat or drink. Feel of her abdomen below the vent between her legs for any indication of bloat or fluid.

Possible she may have respiratory disease (Mycoplasma) but it would be a good idea to rule out canker, crop or reproductive problems which can also cause some raspy breathing.

His scabs look like pick marks or injury from fencing. Any lesions inside his beak?

This hen has a rose comb with a hint of mulberry coloring on the face and comb. The comb should be bumpy.

Are they all eating/drinking o.k.?

Have you added any new birds recently?

Sorry, I didn’t get this until today. The white Orpington’s eyes seem a little less droopy today but has some dirt looking stuff near her eyes. She really likes dust bathing, so could just be dirt.

 

[servant_of_fluffs]

I have to go on a trip, but I’ll check their throats when I get home. My family will be taking care of the chickens so I’ll ask them to keep an eye on her.

The hens last egg was most likely a couple days ago. It’s hard to tell though since we have hens that lay the same egg colors. The egg I’m assuming is hers is an egg that always has calcium deposits and a thin shell. I assumed that it was due to her old age (5.) Her crop feels healthy. Her abdomen feels a little swollen, but it’s not bad.

I added 1 month old chicks that I hatched from my hens about 2 months ago. The chicks all seem very healthy.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It may be dirt, I'd gather her up when you have time and examine her more closely to makes sure she doesn't have lice or mites.