Hens all sneezing

[lhines08]

I posted on 8/16 about a lone chicken sneezing. The other 11 chickens 10 days later are now starting to sneeze...hen that was sneezing first is still stuffy... they are still laying and acting normal.. what do i do...

 

[lhines08]

I'm ready to just get rid of them and call it quits... I am not having any luck

 

[lhines08]

Anyone ?

 

[FeatherTay]

Don't give up! Its probably just a cold. Ill call in the experts: @DobieLover @Wyorp Rock

 

[Perris]

read about respiratory illnesses and try to match what your birds are showing with symptoms lists; a good resource is here http://www.poultrydvm.com/views/symptoms.php

 

[humblehillsfarm]

They have a respiratory illness. Hard to say exactly the cause. Heat and humidity can cause it. It can be viral or bacterial. I have a few of mine rattling right now as they breath. Most of the time it can run its course, or you can try a 2 week round of antibiotics. You can use Baytril 10% and mix it with their water. You can buy it allbirdproducts.com, but you cant eat the eggs during treatment and for at least 14 days after.

 

[lhines08]

They have a respiratory illness. Hard to say exactly the cause. Heat and humidity can cause it. It can be viral or bacterial. I have a few of mine rattling right now as they breath. Most of the time it can run its course, or you can try a 2 week round of antibiotics. You can use Baytril 10% and mix it with their water. You can buy it allbirdproducts.com, but you cant eat the eggs during treatment and for at least 14 days after.

I prefer to not do antibiotics. Is it safe to eat them while they are sneezing and raspy?

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I prefer to not do antibiotics. Is it safe to eat them while they are sneezing and raspy?

It is safe for them to eat while they are sneezing. Try to keep their environment cool, and most importantly, dry. Provide them with cool, fresh drinking water daily.

 

[Eggcessive]

Are all chickens sneezing every few minutes or just occasionally? Infectious bronchitis virus is the most common respiratory disease in chickens, and the most common is sneezing every few minutes with mild respiratory congestion. It spreads through the whole flock eventually, and lasts about a month in each chicken. Antibiotics do not help. Wrinkled egg shells can be a sign of IB. The survivors can be carriers for 5 months up to a year, so it is advised to not add or hatch chicks for a year after the last birds are recovered. This is not a disease to cause culling of a flock, but closing a flock to birds coming into or going out should be done to control the virus from spreading. IB can a cause of certain reproductive disorders later on.

 

[lhines08]

Are all chickens sneezing every few minutes or just occasionally? Infectious bronchitis virus is the most common respiratory disease in chickens, and the most common is sneezing every few minutes with mild respiratory congestion. It spreads through the whole flock eventually, and lasts about a month in each chicken. Antibiotics do not help. Wrinkled egg shells can be a sign of IB. The survivors can be carriers for 5 months up to a year, so it is advised to not add or hatch chicks for a year after the last birds are recovered. This is not a disease to cause culling of a flock, but closing a flock to birds coming into or going out should be done to control the virus from spreading. IB can a cause of certain reproductive disorders later on.

Today it was noticeable often. But they are still acting normal. Eating drinking laying. I will say a few eggs have been pointer then normal. Is it safe to eat eggs if a chicken has IB?
The only other odd thing I have noticed is all of their ear lobes have white on them or have been going pale were they used to be all red.
The humidity here in PA has not let up in days..

Last 2 pictures are prior to all the sneezing starting