Question about infectious coryza

[dawg53]

Foul odor around the head area is a dead give away for coryza. Read the link from my previous post.

 

[blitz1027]

I read it and it is extremely probable that thats what she had. Maybe I just don't want to believe that my other birds have it. I'll post pics tomorrow of my rooster and maybe you guys can give me a better idea. I just really don't want to have to put him down

 

[blitz1027]

Well here are a couple of pics of his head. He doesn't have any type of odor coming from him nor is he excreting any mucus from his eyes like my hen was. I was thinking that from the time my hen got sick till the time she died was only about 2 or 3 days so I'm wondering if maybe they didn't catch it, or am I just naive?

 

[dawg53]

He has fowl pox. I would keep him quarantined especially knowing your hen had coryza, if there were bird to bird contact with your hen or droplets from sneezing etc, you're rooster most likely has it or will have it. It depends on the incubation time of the disease.

 

[dawg53]

The incubation period for coryza is 1-3 days and the course of the acute stage is 4-12 weeks.

 

[blitz1027]

I have had him quarantined since my hen died last Monday. and have been keeping an eye on him. I know this sounds like a stupid question but how long before he should be safe to put back with my other hens?

 

[dawg53]

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[blitz1027]

I wanted to let you know that when I got home from work yesterday I went and checked all the birds that had been in the pen with the hen that died and they all have a foul odor coming from they're heads. So now I have 3 birds with Coryza. Now I'm going to have to cull them so they don't infect the rest of my flock. I went out there yesterday and held 1 of my girls for a while and when I put her down she just stood there watching me. I think she knew something was wrong. I just wanted to let you guys know. Thanks in particular to dawg53

 

[KandiandJerry]

Sorry you had to do that but you definately did the right thing....we had bought some beautiful white japanese bantams and soon learned that they had coryza....we quarantined thank goodness...we immediately...culled and burnt the pen that we had just built.....so far none of the others have contracted it and it has been about 4 months.....Good luck with the rest of your flock....

 

[Clay Valley Farmer]

They are completely separated from my other birds and have not had any contact with them.

Sorry you are having a tough go, though just keeping the birds separate may not be enough, there are so many ways things can spread, your boots, cloths, dander, rodents, insects, even common storage of feed and water. Good quarantine is actually quite difficult to do.​