Hen with half head swollen HELP!!

[Eggcessive]

Yep, might as well kill 2 birds with one stone eh? OR more in this instance!

Sounds good to me Dawg, many of these diseases come in twos and threes, so that makes perfect sense. Thanks.

 

[Firefly994]

Holy crap this is all so frigging confusing . God I hope tbey dont have newcastle or something,i wish I could get a pic

 

[Firefly994]

Thank you very much guys n girls,ill start on sulmet tonight

 

[Eggcessive]

Holy crap this is all so frigging confusing . God I hope tbey dont have newcastle or something,i wish I could get a pic

I don't think you have to worry about Newcastles disease much. It's pretty rare, and usually in Europe, Australia, or other parts of the world. I probably shouldn't have used it as an example. Most people don't have their chickens tested or necropsied if they die, but most of the respiratory diseases that people report on here are mycoplasma, coryza, infectious bronchitis, and ILT.

 

[Firefly994]

It wasnt you that put newcastle in my mind, its been there since I googled "swollen head in chicken" the poor things I hope they get better so I dont have to start chopping heads

 

[Eggcessive]

Are you in the US or elsewhere? Apparently the disease has been very rare for a number of years, even in the UK and Australia. Keep us posted on their progress. Good luck.

 

[Firefly994]

I am in the fraservalley,my town is just outside mission bc,canada. Im a little extra worried because they came from auction a little over a month ago and were fine and laying like crazy but are now snotty and dont lay at all,the other birds I already had were laying but have stopped as well but they dont seem to have any other symptoms yet

 

[Eggcessive]

Most people recommend quarantining new birds for a month to 6 weeks until introducing them into their flocks. If you didn't, they will probably get this as well as be carriers. Most chickens laying will decrease in winter because of shorter daylight hours unless you put a light on a timer early morning to get 12 hours of light each day. Of course, coryza and other diseases will decrease or stop laying. If you haven't mixed your old flock yet, I might consider culling the new birds.

 

[Firefly994]

So heres another question,are these chickens edible either for pets or ppl if they are sick?

 

[dawg53]

So heres another question,are these chickens edible either for pets or ppl if they are sick?

Coryza and mycoplasma diseases are not transmittable to humans....if these are the diseases that you're dealing with.
Here's a list of diseases that are transmittable to humans:
http://afspoultry.ca.uky.edu/files/pubs/Avian_diseases_transmissible_to_humans.pdf
Another link:
http://extension.wsu.edu/vetextension/Poultry/Documents/Avian Diseases Transmissible to Humans.pdf