Possible Coryza

[Twitchy Bee]

My whole flock except for one hen has been sneezing. The ones sick have clear sticky snot. The snot smells like rotten meat. Some also have brown diarrhea. Those are the only symptoms. Would it be Coryza? I started treating with my leftover antibiotics.
One question is: Can my parrots get the disease too? I know parrots and chickens have been known to live together.
I made sure nobody looked sick before I put them with my flock. As soon as I locked them in my pen, they started one by one sneezing. The one hen I brought home had bubbles in its eye but I was told she was kicked in the face by a roo and not to worry about it. Every one else never had a sign. This hen is thr only one not sneezing but she does have diarrhea

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Without testing there is no way to know for sure whether your birds are suffering from Infectious Coryza or not. If you have a vet or state diagnostics lab that can test some mucous samples that would be best.

What type of leftover antibiotics are you giving?
Antibiotics can help with secondary infections due to respiratory illnesses, but won't cure them. Most respiratory illnesses like Infectious Coryza make birds carriers for life, so you need to consider the impact an illness can have on your future chicken keeping, especially if you are selling/hatching/giving away hatching eggs, chicks, started pullet or wanting to show any birds that you have.

It is best to quarantine any new birds to come onto your property for a period of 30days to help reduce the possibility of introducing disease to existing flock.

As to whether it can be transmitted to a parrot, you would need to address your concerns to an Avian or Exotics vet.

Offer poultry vitamins in their water and see that they are staying hydrated. Try to keep mucous cleared the best you can and if any have discharge from the eyes, flush the eyes with saline and apply some Terramycin eye ointment or Vetericyn eye gel.

Keep us posted.
Common Poultry Diseases
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

Quarantine and Bio-Security Tips
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2016/08/biosecurity-for-backyard-chickens.html
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/12/quarantine-of-backyard-chickens-why-and.html
http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2012/07/backyard-biosecurity.html

 

[Twitchy Bee]

I am leeping them only as pets. Gets out here are hard to come by and in the state of PA you cannot get any antibiotics or tylan. They made it illegal. I wont ever have another flock again in my life after this one, not replace any birds. None will get culled. The only symptom they have thats coryza is the smelly nares. Maybe the stress of beimg with roosters got them all joggled up. Ill probably cull the roosters to relieve stress and never hatch any eggs.

 

[Eggcessive]

You can buy Tylan 50 injectable still in most feed stores. It is for cattle, but can be given orally or by injection at a dose of 0.2 ml per pound of weight twice daily for 5 days, which can treat bacterial respiratory diseases such as mycoplasma or coryza. As WP posted, testing would identify the disease, but most of those diseases create carriers of the whole flock. If you have a really sick one or lose one, I would get a necropsy by your state vet. That is a good way to find out the disease.

 

[Twitchy Bee]

You can buy Tylan 50 injectable still in most feed stores. It is for cattle, but can be given orally or by injection at a dose of 0.2 ml per pound of weight twice daily for 5 days, which can treat bacterial respiratory diseases such as mycoplasma or coryza. As WP posted, testing would identify the disease, but most of those diseases create carriers of the whole flock. If you have a really sick one or lose one, I would get a necropsy by your state vet. That is a good way to find out the disease.

Onice they're carriers, will they ever get sick again? After I give them Tylan, I mean.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Onice they're carriers, will they ever get sick again? After I give them Tylan, I mean.

Yes, the birds can get sick again. Tylan50 is an antibiotic - it will only treat any secondary infections, it won't cure the illness.

 

[Twitchy Bee]

What would be the easiest place for injections? I dont want to do by mouth in case of aspiration. All my chickens are different ages between 4mths to about a year. My one chicken has never been touched, the oldest, so this will be tricky. And as for my chick at home...she has no signs at all, but should I give it to her as well as a pre med?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

You want to treat only chickens that are currently experiencing symptoms of illness (coughing, sneezing, mucous from the nostrils, watery/runny eyes, etc.). Antibiotics shouldn't be used as a precautionary measure.

Injection should be given into the breast muscle 1/4 inch deep - alternate sides each time. I'm sure you can find several videos or tutorials on youtube demonstrating how to do this.

Info on how to orally dose a bird:
http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm

 

[Eggcessive]

I also have given medicines orally a drop or two at a time, which is usually pretty safe. You hold the bird under one arm, and with the same hand open the beak by pulling down on the wattles or feathers on chin, squirt in a couple of drops, then release the wattles, and repeat. Chickens may be carriers for life. According to many vets, MG is pretty common in backyard flocks. It can be brought in with new birds, or by wild birds, but even can come in with baby chicks. It can reappear whenever a chicken is stressed. Some may get it while some do not. You can seek testing from your local extension agent. There are vaccines available.

 

[Twitchy Bee]

This is her. I'm just so confused with the dosage. If I overdose I will die. So its 1/2 cc behind the neck and 1/2 c.f. in her breast?