sneezing and nasal discharge - should I worry? UPDATE: FULL RECOVERY!!

[eggsrcool]

Try giving her (and the flock) yoghurt, but ensure she gets at least some.
Hopefully it will clear up no problem, but maybe something (vitamins etc..) just to give her the extra boost to help.

Please continue to update

eggsrcool

 

[technodoll]

what vitamins would you recommend, and how do i administer them?

i will give her a yogurt treat today, thanks!

(the flock doesn't like it, but they'll eat just about everything else, of course!)

 

[eggsrcool]

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I have never given my chickens vitamins, but I'm sure you can get some for food/ water at a feed store or pet shop. Someone on here is bound to know what type of vitamins to get.

eggsrcool

 

[horsejody]

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My vet says they can get colds (mild respiratory infections that will pass just like in a human).

 

[eggsrcool]

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My vet says they can get colds (mild respiratory infections that will pass just like in a human).

Yes, I've been told that a chicken cold is a Respiratory Infection, and they dont get colds like humans do. Its kinda confusing :S

But once you get your head round it, it doesn't seem as confusing

 

[technodoll]

I think their diet gives them plenty of vitamins (layer pellets plus a bit of scratch, lots of fresh fruit and veggies, whole grains, a bit of raw meat, they even get fancy suet to snack on!

I'm keeping an eye on my "bubble girl" and am crossing fingers it's just a passing thing and she will be fine...

PS: could her immune system have been stressed by the lice infestation, and now that she is clean she will get stronger and better?!

 

[eggsrcool]

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I'm afraid im not sure, but its a possibility.

 

[teddiliza]

I had a pair of game bantams that WERE allergic to the pine bedding. I'd given them antibiotics, medicated chick starter, and treats. Someone suggested allergies. I changed them to sand bedding, and within 2 days the sneezes were gone! Then, when I'd let them run around, if they got near the pine shavings in the compost heap/garden they'd come back with the clear runny nose and sneezes on occasion- but appeared healthy the whole time.

But recently, I bought 3 hens that WERE SICK Yellow nasal drainage that crusts over the nostril, and one wheezing and 'coughing' turned out to be MG. (mycoplasma galli-something). I was really glad I'd quarantined them in my garage from the get go, and had never let them near my coop. Especially since this is apparently able to be transmitted to the eggs also! They went to the state for testing, which was how I found out. It was a one way ticket, but better losing $18 for the three hens, than infecting my whole flock. (The state paid for it d/t worries for AI which was negative).

 

[Tailfeathers]

From your description and the others questions on here, I don't believe you have Infectious Corzya but rather either MG or any number of respiratory infections. If it were IC, you would definitely notice a fowl smell from the nasal discharge and it's sometimes reddish in color.

The open mouth breathing is definitely not a good sign. You should pick them up and feel them. See how much weight they've lost. If it gets to the point where they are skin and bones, you are most likely going to lose them. Chickens will get to a point of no return and they actually just waste themselves away.

Depending on your circumstances, you may want to consider Tylan injection, Sulmet, Terramycin, Gallimycin, Oxytetracycline, or just leaving them alone and see if they make it.

God Bless,

 

[flymamma]

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I'm afraid im not sure, but its a possibility.

I had two girls get the bubbly eyes in july ... one I caught a few times and got eye ointment in the eye ... but eventually she got too fast and I gave up . She got over it , she was also on oxytetracycline .. the other one let me catch her and put the ointment in her eye multiple times a day .. she lost her eye to the infection . Since they have been infected , we have had "flare ups " .. I always wait to medicate until the open mouth breathing starts ,or the rattley wheezy breathing [ I use oxytetracycline] . I have had multiple times when they started sneezing and had runny noses and even bubbly eyes that I just watched and waited and it passed in it's own in a few days . My girls are now considered a closed flock , I have no Roo so in the event they have one of the trans-ovarian types diseases we are not perpetuating the problem . They are very much pets to us that happen to give us eggs , so I am okay with medicating when needed . Others would not tolerate this and would cull . Knowing what I know now , the next birds I get will be strait from the hatchery ... the dealer I got mine from was also new to chickens and sold me multiple sick chicks .