Hen keeps sneezing.

[Brahmachicken240]

Let's hope it's not a respiratory illness.
Just to cover all bases here, she's breathing out of her mouth? Panting, labored breathing?
When was her last egg? Any bloat in the abdomen?
Crop empty in the morning?
Is she fat?

Labored breathing.
Last egg she layed was yesterday, she’s still laying but her egg shells are thin, they’ve been thin for nearly 2 weeks.
Her crop feels soft.
No swelling.
She is quite heavy but I wouldn’t call her overweight.
Just let them out this morning and now 3 others are sneezing but not near as badly as she is, she can hardly eat cause she’s sneezing so much.
Bought new food just the other day. Could it be something in the food ? Maybe something in the air ?
Nose and beak are still clear.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

If you see eye bubbles, swelling of the face or eyes, there may be something else going on, such as MG or others. Here is some reading about it and other diseases:
http://www.poultryhub.org/health/disease/types-of-disease/infectious-bronchitis/

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

Her eyes are a bit watery, no swelling or bubbles.
She hasn’t layed yet today but the others have and theirs look normal.
Just put some ACV in their water and fed them some scrambled eggs.
I’m going to ring the vets and see if I can bring her in today.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Poop pic today

She had a bit of dirt in one of her nostrils so I cleaned it out with a tissue.

 

[WindingRoad]

Poop pic today
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She had a bit of dirt in one of her nostrils so I cleaned it out with a tissue.
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Does your feed smell moldy. I was away from my condo for over a year. Working on the road. Came home and had mold on my mopboards. Crawl space full of mold. I was on the condo associations ar*se for 2 years to fix the problem. I almost hired a lawyer. For the first 2 winters I was back I had acute bronchitis. My doc said. You are breathing through a straw. They finally cleaned up the mold and put in dehumidifiers, closed the air vents, and put in sump pumps. After that no more bronchitis. And I've moved and no mold here. I think I was allergic to the mold on top of it being bad for me. Do chickens cough because the cough was what was bad for me. Boy the acute bronchitis really lays ya low. Hope they get better...

 

[Eggcessive]

Hopefully, it is just something environmental and not a disease. But bronchitis is the mildest of the common diseases, so better than something like mycoplasma (MG.) If you see a vet, ask about getting tested for IB and MG if possible. Good luck, and I hope she improves.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She's very pretty!
Let us know what the vet says.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Vet said it was a virus and gave us powder to put in their water.

 

[Eggcessive]

Was it oxytetracycline or tylosin powder, or something else? Let us know how she gets along, and glad that you could see a vet.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Vet said it was a virus and gave us powder to put in their water.

Glad you were able to see the vet. Keep us posted on how she's doing.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Was it oxytetracycline or tylosin powder, or something else? Let us know how she gets along, and glad that you could see a vet.

Some sort of yellow powder. Usually there’d be a label with the name on the packet but this time there wasn’t.