How long does upper respiratory infection last?

[FluffyFeathers_03]

Did your hen recover? I have 23 chickens in one run and I've had a respiratory infection moving throughout my flock for going on two months now. Some hens seem to be affected more than others. I am worried for one hen who has been open mouth gasping for about 2 weeks now maybe more. Sometimes she looks to be improving and then she back at it again. I just hope that she will recover. I've tried antibiotics and I've tried worming her incase of gape worm. She is still eating but less active than usual. She doesn't like roosting she wants to lie and the shelf. Some of my other hens had it but it was relatively mild just some snotting, sneezing, congestion and one hen had foam in the corner of her eyes but I'm worried I'll never get rid of this virus. I have 10 rescue hen in this run that are all in various stages of ill health anyway. I'm worried that they aren't able for this virus one top

Sadly, my hen never did recover, she passed away. Her condition was similar to the one you described of one of your hens. She was gasping for air, some days it seemed like she was getting better but then the next day she was worse again, and of course she just had that sick/not feeling well appearance. I quarantined her away from the rest of the flock and gave her probiotics. Unfortunately, nothing worked. I also never brought her into the vet, so I never knew what exactly she had going on.

 

[Eggcessive]

A virus such as infectious bronchitis or others are common. MG can cause the bubbles or foamy eye, though. Baytril/enrofloxacin is good for MG, and dosage is 10-15 mg per kilogram given twice a day for 5 days. Since the hens were rescues, I would just assume they have MG or another chronic disease. It is chronic and stays with them for life, and symptoms can return during times of stress. Air sacculitis, where the infection spreads to other parts of the body through their air sacs, is a complication that may cause more severe illness and death.

 

[Aoife123]

A virus such as infectious bronchitis or others are common. MG can cause the bubbles or foamy eye, though. Baytril/enrofloxacin is good for MG, and dosage is 10-15 mg per kilogram given twice a day for 5 days. Since the hens were rescues, I would just assume they have MG or another chronic disease. It is chronic and stays with them for life, and symptoms can return during times of stress. Air sacculitis, where the infection spreads to other parts of the body through their air sacs, is a complication that may cause more severe illness and death.

Does 0.2 ml once a day for a 2kg bird make sense? I think it is the dosage recommended on dvm poultry or something like that because I looked it up to make sure as I don't trust the local vets that don't have avian knowledge. It wasn't my rescues that brought in the virus. I had some of my rescues dor a year and a half and the rest for 8 months. I bought some pol pullets at a poultry sale as I needed to up my hen numbers ad I have 3 roosters. It started with one of them. It was my black naked neck hen that was first to show symptoms and I had her for 3 or 4 weeks before she started showing symptoms. I deliberately quarantined them for 2 weeks to avoid stuff like this but 2 weeks obviously wasn't long enough. It is a complication that I'm worried about because if they are already sick then you might not have enough time to act if they get worse

 

[Aoife123]

Sadly, my hen never did recover, she passed away. Her condition was similar to the one you described of one of your hens. She was gasping for air, some days it seemed like she was getting better but then the next day she was worse again, and of course she just had that sick/not feeling well appearance. I quarantined her away from the rest of the flock and gave her probiotics. Unfortunately, nothing worked. I also never brought her into the vet, so I never knew what exactly she had going on.

I'm sorry to hear. Did the rest of your flock have any symptoms? Was your hen eating and preening while she had symptoms? I seen another woman on tiktok that had a hen with similar symptoms and she lost her hen aswell. I'm getting very nervous now. I would be gone to my avian vet long ago if I thought there was something she could do unfortunately I've learned thatvif an antibiotic can't fix your problem your likely not gona be able to fix it.