I'm at a loss — what's wrong with my little rooster?

[PossiblyPekin]

I finally fell victim to a fowlpox outbreak. Some of my chicks developed drypox (thankfully, none got wetpox). After a rough battle and TLC, everyone managed to fully recover.

Only two ended up with a secondary infection, infectious Coryza. How that happened, I have no idea; I'm extremely strict about biosecurity. I took them to the vet, and she prescribed Sulfazine. Both chicks improved, and my little pullet made a full recovery, but my young rooster still has persistent mucus and bubbles coming from one eye.

I’ve tried Doxymax, Sulfazine, vitamins, and garlic, and even kept him in the bathroom during my showers so the steam could help with drainage but nothing has worked. The strange part is that he isn’t acting sick at all. He’s eating, drinking, and behaving like a normal little rooster.

I'm completely stumped. I plan to try a few other medications, but I honestly have no idea what this could be. I've attached pictures of the medicine I'm planning on purchasing as well as pictures of my little rooster.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

This looks like something my Speckled Sussex once had. Also went to vet, tried some kind of antibiotic that didn’t work. Ended up just putting her in isolation with a heat lamp (this was outside in the fall I think) and putting VetRx on her nares and under her wings every night. Eventually it cleared up BUT it was a recurring thing. If the weather got cold and wet it would come back, though to a lesser degree. I never got an exact diagnosis but she didn’t pass it on that I am aware of (my mom still has birds I raised with her and they have never shown symptoms in the several years she’s had them). I never got an exact diagnosis.

 

[Eggcessive]

Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) is known to be a chronic respiratory disease that causes bubbly eye and sinus infection. It can shoe up during a fowl pox outbreak or other period of stress. Tylosin and doxycycline, tiamulin/denagard are common antibiotics used to treat symptoms, but it is a lifelong disease. Fowl pox lasts 2-3 weeks. The MG could make it longer. Since you have already treated him with doxy, and you used the proper dosage, I would just give him supportive care. I would use an antibiotic ointment in the eye twice a day after cleaning the eye drainage. Once he is feeling better, offer some probiotics or plain yogurt with live cultures for a few days. Good luck.

 

[PossiblyPekin]

Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) is known to be a chronic respiratory disease that causes bubbly eye and sinus infections. It can shoe up during a fowl pox outbreak or other period of stress. Tylosin and doxycycline, tiamulin/denagard are common antibiotics used to treat symptoms, but it is a lifelong disease. Fowl pox lasts 2-3 weeks. The MG could make it longer. Since you have already treated him with doxy, and you used the proper dosage, I would just give him supportive care. I would use an antibiotic ointment in the eye twice a day after cleaning the eye drainage. Once he is feeling better, offer some probiotics or plain yogurt with live cultures for a few days. Good luck.

You're always giving the greatest advice! Thank you I'll get him started on the new antibiotics thats specifically meant for Mycoplasma with some ointment for his eyes and hopefully he'll get better!

 

[PossiblyPekin]

This looks like something my Speckled Sussex once had. Also went to vet, tried some kind of antibiotic that didn’t work. Ended up just putting her in isolation with a heat lamp (this was outside in the fall I think) and putting VetRx on her nares and under her wings every night. Eventually it cleared up BUT it was a recurring thing. If the weather got cold and wet it would come back, though to a lesser degree. I never got an exact diagnosis but she didn’t pass it on that I am aware of (my mom still has birds I raised with her and they have never shown symptoms in the several years she’s had them). I never got an exact diagnosis.

I'm almost sure its mycoplasma with my little rooster. I've got some new medicine he'll be taking so I'm hopeful he'll recover!

 

[Eggcessive]

Let us know how he gets along. Here is a good article of MG in chickens:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/ext... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf