Mucus from nares, rattle-like breathing, and occasional bubbles in eyes. Sick little roo.

[averkademay]

Chicken (about 6 years old) started having bubbles in one eye about a week ago. The bubbles disappeared and his eyes are perfectly clear. No new birds were brought in except two new chicks three days ago (kept in another separate side of the coop). He was at a county fair for a poultry show in the middle of July. Now he has clear mucus coming out of nares, gargling/rattling when breathing, and bubbles only appear when he is breathing rapidly (when stressed/he does not like to be held). Its kinda like when people can breathe out through their eye its just he is making bubbles. The mucus appears to dry yellow, however, I can't tell if it is just hardened chicken feed on his beak. He is still active and seems otherwise healthy. He is separated from flock now. No other chicken flock members have developed his symptoms. I was thinking MG but no other bird has been introduced during infection time and no other birds in the coop express any symptoms. Possibly Infected Coryza? Anyone know exactly what I should be treating for? I have Tylan 200 injectable and he is an adult bantam rooster. How many cc’s should I use and for how long? Can I give the cc's orally? Should I give my whole flock tylan as well? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank all in advance.

 

[averkademay]

He is acting just fine other than rattling and a little bit of runny nose. Really hoping I can find some other issue wrong with him that is not a respiratory issue. I am treating with tylan but if it is respiratory, I will be culling him Monday morning to take to a necropsy.

 

[kevm2017]

What happen with your banty how did you treat him

 

[Rammy]

Mycoplasma gallisepticum. I just lost two chickens to it. Confirmed by a vet. It can be passed from hen to hen and thru the eggs. Any hatched chicks can be born with it. There is no cure. If your chickens have it, they may or may not show symptoms. If you sell any chickens they can possibly infect others. You can find all sorts of info about it online. I read alot of different info on it when my chickens came down with it. I will now have to maintain a closed flock.

 

[averkademay]

I ended up not culling him. Literally every post on backyard chickens said MG. Due to no replies and no other options than MG, I contacted help from a good friend that I met awhile ago.


She noted that there are many other options than MG. (Thrush, Allergies, too much dust in coop, wet pox etc.) Also, she said to stop the Tylane (only one treatment was administered.)


After separation, I managed to look down his throat. I found tiny white bumps and a super thin white cheesy tiny bits in the back. This VERY closely resembled thrush in chickens. I found some monistat 3 applicators. I put each applicator in a syringe without the needle. I used about 1.5 cc down the throat in the morning and another 1.5 cc at night until all monistat was gone. I also followed the instructions for VetRX to make double strength cold reliever solution to go on his head feathers, comb, under wings, and syringed flushed through the nares. I used Q-tips to manually remove mucus from nares. At night I fed him a wet mixture of blended bread, yogurt, cooked eggs, and chicken feed. Also, I did a drip of pure VetRx down the throat as instructed. I saw improvement after two days and by the third day he had no rattling, no snot, and was breathing just fine. (Despite treatment being very stressful for him, he continued to recover. He is not a people friendly bird at all)

Also, want to note that his snot was clear and not abnormal
Some mucus in the cleft




If it was MG, super stressful events will cause symptoms to come back. Recently, his spur got infected due to broken cap/quick. Cleaning and bandaging is stressful for him. (he does not like to be handled). So far no relapse of symptoms such as snot, rattling, or white spots. Occasionally he does gargle on his own spit as he is very dramatic (like a true star actor).

Finally, MG is highly infectious and no other birds in my flock are expressing respiratory issues. Even so, I plan on culling a random bird soon to test for MG. Since if I did have it, then my whole flock should have it by now.

Rammy, how did you get your birds tested? My local vet doesn't do birds. Iowa State University will but it is way too expensive. I planned on sending a recently culled bird to get a necropsy.

 

[averkademay]

sadly the best photo I can give for this throat...if it helps any.