New sneezing chickens

[Nickpicsss]

I transferred a bunch of roosters for a friend today and was given 2 leghorn hens as payment. The leghorns are sneezing and the owner said they’ve been treating with garlic lol I got them after dark and put them in an isolated coop away from my flock. So, I haven’t been able to full inspect for discharge, but when I put them in their coop I did hear a few sneezes while filling up a feeder & waterer for them. I have electrolytes that I will add to water in the morning, but is there anything else I can start or have on hand to help? VetRX, rooster booster, etc? I have multiple farm stores nearby for products, but a vet is hard to find around here.

 

[Eggcessive]

Vets can’t help much if they brought a respiratory disease. Symptoms can sometimes help to identify if it is serious or not. Sneezing every few minutes for several weeks can be a sign of infectious bronchitis virus which runs it’s course over time and has no treatment. If you notice any eyelid swelling or eye bubbles or foam, then MG might be the problem. Coryza and others may have worse symptoms. Keep them quarantined from other birds for at least a month or return them.

 

[nuthatched]

Yikes. Return or cull them, then sanitize the coop. Don't go around that person's birds anymore.

 

[Nickpicsss]

Vets can’t help much if they brought a respiratory disease. Symptoms can sometimes help to identify if it is serious or not. Sneezing every few minutes for several weeks can be a sign of infectious bronchitis virus which runs it’s course over time and has no treatment. If you notice any eyelid swelling or eye bubbles or foam, then MG might be the problem. Coryza and others may have worse symptoms. Keep them quarantined from other birds for at least a month or return them.

I just checked on them this morning and they each have a little bit of clear mucous coming out of their nostrils. They are spunky as ever and flying all around in there, so definitely no lethargy. No eye swelling or foam. I have them in their own isolation coop away from my whole flock! Any recommendations for treatment or further monitoring?

 

[Nickpicsss]

Yikes. Return or cull them, then sanitize the coop. Don't go around that person's birds anymore.

What is recommended product for sanitizing a coop?

 

[Eggcessive]

Virkon-S tablets added to water and used in a spray bottle or garden sprayer is available from Amazon and is a very good disinfectant used in farms and around chicken coops. Are they still sneezing regularly? That could be a virus called infectious bronchitis, and there is no treatment for viruses. If symptoms change to eye bubbles, then Tylosin powder in the water or Tiagard/Denagard might help treat MG. The thing about a respiratory disease is that it remains until every chicken who has ever been exposed is gone.