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.

 

[servant_of_fluffs]

No lesions in the beak! I'll check her over tonight.

 

[servant_of_fluffs]

One of my 5 year old Wyandotte hens isn’t looking so good. She’s very underweight and is normally very aloof, but today she let me pick her up. She looked and acted very healthy, but as soon as I picked her up I realized how underweight she was. I had 2 other Wyandottes die this year with similar conditions. One had egg yolk peritonitis and the other just died one day. They were both 5. I assumed the one who passed unexpectedly was just an old hen, but maybe it was something else.

 

[servant_of_fluffs]

They have mites. (Mites are sneakier than I thought) The Wyandotte hen also has mites. She has a very pale comb. I’m pretty sure she has blood loss anemia. Poor thing.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

One of my 5 year old Wyandotte hens isn’t looking so good. She’s very underweight and is normally very aloof, but today she let me pick her up. She looked and acted very healthy, but as soon as I picked her up I realized how underweight she was. I had 2 other Wyandottes die this year with similar conditions. One had egg yolk peritonitis and the other just died one day. They were both 5. I assumed the one who passed unexpectedly was just an old hen, but maybe it was something else.

They have mites. (Mites are sneakier than I thought) The Wyandotte hen also has mites. She has a very pale comb. I’m pretty sure she has blood loss anemia. Poor thing.

Mites can cause some issues. I'd dust the hens with Permethrin poultry dust and clean out the housing and spray it down with Permethrin spray.
Repeat in 5-7day intervals.

See that everyone is eating well and drinking. For the hens that are not doing that well, give them a direct oral dose of Poultry Cell three times a week for a few weeks at a rate of 1cc per 3lbs of weight.

 

[servant_of_fluffs]

Mites can cause some issues. I'd dust the hens with Permethrin poultry dust and clean out the housing and spray it down with Permethrin spray.
Repeat in 5-7day intervals.

See that everyone is eating well and drinking. For the hens that are not doing that well, give them a direct oral dose of Poultry Cell three times a week for a few weeks at a rate of 1cc per 3lbs of weight.

I gave the hen who's not doing well some heart for iron.

I have two cats, so Permethrin isn't really an option for me. Do you know the dosage for Ivermectin? I have some dog ivermectin available.

I do have this. chicken de-wormer Could that help at all?