My new chicken sneezes

[threehorses]

To be fair, it could also be that something your chickens have infected her during the move.

People tend to forget that quarantine is as much for the NEW chicken as for the old. Every flock has it's own group of little things that the flock has recovered from and might be carrying. When you get a new bird, you yourself carry stuff from your flock to that new bird, and vice versa.

If you brought the chicken in, your hens were well, and this one got sick - I'd be more concerned actually that she picked up something from your flock - or that the stress of the move made her ill. Especially since she's alone, different food, different coop, etc.

Something to keep in mind.

 

[pixie74943]

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I would have thought that except she hasnt been within 20metres of my original chickens, and I saw her gasping and her beak looked shiny during the trip home. Shiny which I later realised was snotty, respiratory infection

 

[threehorses]

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Oooohhhh yeah well that would be a bad sign.

 

[Wynette]

Sorry you're having to deal with this. When I first go into chickens, the first thing I'd do with respiratory was treat with antibiotic. Good ones that I spent lots of $ on (Tylan, Gallimycin, Auremycin, etc.). Since then, I have changed my thinking a lot. Now, I cull when I have one with respiratory. I've done this for about a year now, and I have to say that my lost ones are fewer and fewer between. It's a hard choice to make, but once you start treating with antibiotics, it's really not a good idea to eat eggs or sell hatching eggs...you can pass many illnesses on through eggs, and then you're jeopardizing other folks' flocks. The lady you bought this girl from may not have known she had sick ones (hopefully she did NOT know...) I hate to think people sell sick chickens, but I know it happens. GOOD LUCK! Thanks for updating us!

 

[pixie74943]

I just read that they can get infections from sudden changes in weather. And we had just had our first decent rains in about 10years (feels like it anyway)

I'll still be returning her, lady should have known better

 

[threehorses]

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Actually this brings up a good point. Weather - particularly long delayed rains (congratulations btw) can effect birds, indeed. Rain especially can effect things as moisture plays a big part in some of the blooms of certain organisms - like fungi, cocci, etc.

ALL aspects of flock history and environment weave into determining an illness, just like threads through a tapestry. Certainly some of them are more important or outstanding - but they all effect the life of the bird, and thus are important.

 

[pixie74943]

well that lady was NOT flock smart.

when we took the chicken back, she took one look at it anf threw it back in with the rest of the flock

this was AFTER i told her about the birds sickness. And how is she too know the bird didnt pick anything up at my house

needless to say I wont be going there again, and with that poor management, I will be telling everyone else to avoid it as well

so for all you south Aussies, DO NOT BUY FROM BLACKSDANE IN BIRDWOOD