Mysterious upper respiratory problems...

[Thecowboysgirl]

Hi guys,

I have 1 Barred Rock rooster, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 3 Buff Orps who are coming 20 wks or so. I also have a mixed breed chick who might be a month and a half.

Roo has been sneezing for about a week and has clear, smelly discharge from nostrils. No other symptoms. Now some of the hens are sneezing, too. I saw at least one of the RIRs had clear nasal discharge too.

They have been on Duramycin for about 24 hrs with no improvement.

Any suggestions? I have no accommodations to separate sick birds but I imagine they are all infected anyway.

Everyone appears bright-eyed, bushy tailed, hungry and happy besides the sneezing and runny noses.

 

[chkn]

Boy I don't know. I've had problems this year too and I wondered if it was overcrowding or maybe I didn't clean often enough.

 

[dawg53]

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I'm sorry to say that this sound like coryza due to the smelly discharge from your rooster. I recommend that you type "coryza" in the BYC search box and read everything you can on it. I hope it isnt coryza. Good luck.