Pullets with snotty nose

[Netherfieldmom]

My folks picked up some pullets for me yesterday and two are sneezing and have clear drops from their nose. I put them under heat lamp, as they were all hunched up like they were uncomfortable, and they seem somewhat better. I have never dealt with anything like this before, so I wondered if I should wait it out or intervene somehow...

 

[PunkinPeep]

A runny nose on a chicken is almost always a sign of respiratory disease - which they will always carry. Don't let those new birds anywhere near your existing flock, if you already had chickens.

There are some differing opinions around here about what to do about respiratory disease. At my house, those runny nosed girls would sadly have to be culled in order to save the healthy birds i already have.

So sorry.

 

[Netherfieldmom]

So, they won't "get over it"--it can reoccur whenever??

 

[PunkinPeep]

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I don't have personal experience with respiratory illness in chickens, but it is my understanding that it can re-occur, and that even when they are not symptomatic, they can pass on the disease to healthy birds. I'm sorry.