Help Coryza???

[Parrot]

I Just purchased a "flock" of 10 week olds... buff orp pullest and a barred rooster. I noticed right away that they smell like something decayed and the rooster breaths with his beak open and seems a little conjested. Their droppings look normal, eyes look normal, they are active and eatting and drinking. Does anyone think this it Infectious Coryza? I would think it was just a rep infection if it were not for the smell.

Thanks for any info.

 

[rancher hicks]

What symptoms do they have that make you suspect Coryza?
Are they eating?
Are they drinking?
Are they pooping?

Have you considered "gape worm"? Or other worms?

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

I had some birds with Coryza but I never noticed anything smelling odd. Still, I'd separate out the roo just to be on the safe side. From what I understand, Coryza doesn't necessarily kill the birds. If they survive it though they will always be carriers. I ended up returning the birds to the people I purchased them from. I didn't want to have all birds that I brought into the flock infected.

In the birds I had the first sign was the roo was coughing. He was the carrier I believe. The next sign was that the pullets were all, one by one, getting puffy eyes and not being very active. They ate and drank well and their stools were normal. Could just be a cold (but that's what Coryza is too).

I'm no expert, this is just my one experience.

 

[Parrot]

I am familiar with gape woorm and that does not seem to be the case.

They are eating and drinking and their poop looks normal and they are active.

They smell like someting rotted and the roo breathes with his beak open and stated sneezing/coughing liquid.

Other then this they act fine. It is the rotted odor that has me really worried that it is coryza. Ive only had the birds a few days.


Kail

 

[Tangerine farmer]

I had the same problem. I got 4 young ones from a local breeder. Seemed fine except for the awful smell!

A few days later, came the breathing problem in one. I did use the Teramycin in the water. Then it still lingered and got to the big hens.

So I changed to Sulmet (supposed to be a big gun for this). But, clearing up one bird then another got it..

So to Duramycin in the water (same as teramycin but I had run out.) THEN still gurgling in the throat... SO... injected Tylan 50. I THINK I have it licked. Then yoghurt! This has been going on for 2 months!

This is amazing, I have never had this problem in the past, but now that my place is infected, it will be a thing of the future as well. I believe I am addicted to chickens and 7 really isn't enough. I NEED more! And it's certainly worth it, even though they have problems.

One thing, one of my young ones died... I may have ever dosed her with Sulmet??? I have no idea and she never had any breathing symptoms, just the smell. Great, I killed her through trying to help?

 

[Parrot]

The woman I got them from has a web sight and I just read her posts back to Aug of last year... She had a coryza outbreak... I think this kinda makes it certain that this is what these guys have. I think I've made up my mind to give them back to her, disenfect and start out all over again.

Do you think after disinfecting the coop and pen and then waiting 8 weeks to put vaccinated chicks back in there would be long enough to wait?

Kail

 

[rancher hicks]

Good call. I can't understand why anyone would do this to anyone else. It is a risk when buying chickens.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

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Same thing happened to me...the woman had Coryza in her flock and culled over 17 birds but said she "got it all"...well, she didn't get it all. I returned the birds. I felt bad, but if they survive they're all carriers. Then every time you want to bring a new bird into your flock it has a good chance of getting it. If you keep the birds I'd put every single one of them on Sulmet and try to wipe it out all at once.

I'm editing this to answer the second part of your post. Coryza is supposed to live outside the chicken for only 3 days. I bleached everything that they had come into contact with but I couldn't disinfect the ground. I just didn't put the new chicks in the same place. I'm using the same waterer and feeder and haven't had any contamination. I think you're safe if you just bleach everything real good and put down fresh litter after waiting a full week.

 

[Chris09]

Infectious Coryza
Infectious Coryza is caused by the haemophilus paragallinarum bacteria, older birds are more susceptible than young ones. The disease organism cannot live for long outside the body of the bird, but recovered birds may be carriers. In most flocks a rigid culling system will eliminate the disease, but it must be rigid. In extreme cases it may be necessary to break the cycle by confining all hatching to the spring months and disposing of all old birds as soon as the hatching season is over.

Signs
Watery eyes
Facial swelling, including one or both eyes swelled shut
Foul smelling discharge from the nose
Diarrhea
Low egg production
Wheezing

Transmission
This is very contagious, and is easy spread by any kind of contact by sick, or carrier birds.

Diagnosis
The most common signs of this are facial swelling, including eyes swollen shut, with a fowl odor from the nasal area.

Treatment
Streptomycin
Gallimycin
Sulfadimethoxine
It is recommended to cull infected birds, as symptoms can come back after treatment, and all infected birds become carriers of this disease, and will continue to infect other fowl on your yard.

Chris