Guess your best on this mystery ....

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I'd say weather related .... I. have a Serama pullet (16wks) that I suspected had URI from day one & treated for it. Only symptom was her watery/teary eyes, never sick. Nothing worked, even took her to the Vet. Started treating with a Vetrycin wipe & applying Triple Antibiotic 2x day, it helped alot. She goes in the patio brooder during the day, sleeps in her cage in the house at nite.

Weather has been wet/cool weather but this past Saturday it was pouring and chilly, her eyes got weepy after being dry for days. Put the heat lite out in the patio brooder, brought her in at night (she sleeps in her cage), her eyes have cleared and dry ... Assuming temps affecting her?

I have a hen that "honks" sneeze when there is less humidity in the air, now that it's been humid, no "honking". So guessing weather has alot to do with some symptoms and IF only they could talk.

No doubt weather can affect them, especially when it changes quickly and/or see-saws dramatically. It's odd that some birds are strongly affected and others aren't, but our vulnerabilities are unique, and I guess theirs are, too. Perhaps your youngster will outgrow hers, as many hormonal/bodily changes are in her near future!

In any case, I'm glad you found a way to help her. I've reverted to the food my flock was on before transferring to Layena last fall. I think a food allergy or dust from the Layena formulation is a long shot as the cause of my Welsummer's gaping and snicking, but there's no drawback to trying.

Thanks for sharing your experience!