Sneezing, fluid from nose, otherwise acting normal

[LaurEliz]

Hi! My cream legbar, under a year old, but fully feathered, not at all a chick, has been sneezing. He has discharge from his nose, not a lot, but noticeable, and shakes his head from time to time. He lives with two other cream legbars around the same age and some silkies, around the same age. I've noticed a few of my other birds have been sneezing too, but not as noticeable as him. None of them are acting unhealthy besides for this and are all eating and drinking fine. Not all of them are sneezing, that I've noticed.

I've thoroughly cleaned their coop, multiple times, so I don't think the issue is dust/dirt. I read that I could give them a general bird antibiotic in their water. If I do this, should I dose the entire coop, or should I separate anyone who is sneezing? Not everyone who sneezes has a runny nose, so if I separate the sneezers I might end up missing some.

What antibiotic would you suggest I use? Or do you have a different suggestion all together? I surprisingly have not run into this issue before, so any help is appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Eggcessive]

Chickens can get respiratory diseases from a carrier that comes into the flock, from wild birds, and from a disease such as MG passing through a hatching egg. It can be carried in on shoes and if a neighboring flock has something. There are at least 8 common respiratory diseases that include infectious bronchitis virus, ILT virus, MG or mycoplasma gallisepticum, coryza, aspergillosis from mold, and a couple of others. Antibiotics would only treat MG or coryza, and have to be for the specific disease. Rather than guess what you are seeing, it would be good to get testing. You can ask your local vet, local NPIP tester, or you stat vet about how to get testing. Here is a link to read about common diseases and symptoms:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/ps044

 

[LaurEliz]

Chickens can get respiratory diseases from a carrier that comes into the flock, from wild birds, and from a disease such as MG passing through a hatching egg. It can be carried in on shoes and if a neighboring flock has something. There are at least 8 common respiratory diseases that include infectious bronchitis virus, ILT virus, MG or mycoplasma gallisepticum, coryza, aspergillosis from mold, and a couple of others. Antibiotics would only treat MG or coryza, and have to be for the specific disease. Rather than guess what you are seeing, it would be good to get testing. You can ask your local vet, local NPIP tester, or you stat vet about how to get testing. Here is a link to read about common diseases and symptoms:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/ps044

Thank you, especially for the link.

I'm searching for vets in my area (so far closest is over an hour away) that take chicken patients. Hopefully I can find one and figure out what's up.

 

[Eggcessive]

Unless you are seeing bubbles or foam in an eye, or eyelid swelling, you may just be dealing with either infectious bronchitis virus, or nothing but irritation from dust, pollen, or other allergens.

 

[Psychstew]

Hi! My cream legbar, under a year old, but fully feathered, not at all a chick, has been sneezing. He has discharge from his nose, not a lot, but noticeable, and shakes his head from time to time. He lives with two other cream legbars around the same age and some silkies, around the same age. I've noticed a few of my other birds have been sneezing too, but not as noticeable as him. None of them are acting unhealthy besides for this and are all eating and drinking fine. Not all of them are sneezing, that I've noticed.

I've thoroughly cleaned their coop, multiple times, so I don't think the issue is dust/dirt. I read that I could give them a general bird antibiotic in their water. If I do this, should I dose the entire coop, or should I separate anyone who is sneezing? Not everyone who sneezes has a runny nose, so if I separate the sneezers I might end up missing some.

What antibiotic would you suggest I use? Or do you have a different suggestion all together? I surprisingly have not run into this issue before, so any help is appreciated. Thank you!

Did you ever find out what as happening with your birds? I am having a similar situation with my 2 cochin chicks (5weeks old). They aren’t acting sick just occasionally sneezing and a runny nose they have been like this since I got them 4 weeks ago. Eating well, drinking well, and playing all day. Been wondering if they are sick or if its just an irritant. I have other birds and so does my neighbor so I don’t want to brush it off as nothing right away want to make sure I don’t spread any illness.

 

[Eggcessive]

Did you ever find out what as happening with your birds? I am having a similar situation with my 2 cochin chicks (5weeks old). They aren’t acting sick just occasionally sneezing and a runny nose they have been like this since I got them 4 weeks ago. Eating well, drinking well, and playing all day. Been wondering if they are sick or if its just an irritant. I have other birds and so does my neighbor so I don’t want to brush it off as nothing right away want to make sure I don’t spread any illness.

Here is a link with symptoms of respiratory and other common diseases. Chicks may sneeze occasionally, but if it occurs every few minutes, it might be something infectious, such as infectious bronchitis virus or MG. Dust in feed or bedding, or mold spores in bedding can cause sneezing.

 

[Psychstew]

Here is a link with symptoms of respiratory and other common diseases. Chicks may sneeze occasionally, but if it occurs every few minutes, it might be something infectious, such as infectious bronchitis virus or MG. Dust in feed or bedding, or mold spores in bedding can cause sneezing.

The sneezing is about 3 times a day. It isn’t constant. I haven’t noticed sneezing the last few days but they still have the runny nose.

 

[LaurEliz]

Did you ever find out what as happening with your birds? I am having a similar situation with my 2 cochin chicks (5weeks old). They aren’t acting sick just occasionally sneezing and a runny nose they have been like this since I got them 4 weeks ago. Eating well, drinking well, and playing all day. Been wondering if they are sick or if its just an irritant. I have other birds and so does my neighbor so I don’t want to brush it off as nothing right away want to make sure I don’t spread any illness.

What I ended up doing was contacting the breeder I got patient zero from to see if any of her birds were experiencing it.

They weren’t, but she gave me some Tylan to inject via syringe and that cleared it right up. I gave my larger (but not full sized yet) birds 5 cc, and my smaller ones 3 cc. I gave them each doses 3 days apart each. She said she got the tylan from valleyvet.com