Sneezing help

[Eggcessive]

Hi everyone, her sneezing hasn’t gotten better and she stopped laying so I called the vet out. She has been diagnosed with uncomplicated infectious bronchitis, so mystery solved!

Has anybody else dealt with this in their flock before? I have disinfected everything and been given electrolytes for her water and will search through the forum now

You cannot diagnose IB virus without first getting a culture done by a vet or poultry lab. Since sneezing is the main symptom it may be IB, but it could be a mild case of MG, or an environmental allergen. With IB virus, you would see more chickens becoming sick with sneezing, and you may see some wrinkled egg shells or other shell problems. Hopefully it is just IB, and that lasts about a month. Let us know how she gets along.

 

[RedDog0]

You cannot diagnose IB virus without first getting a culture done by a vet or poultry lab. Since sneezing is the main symptom it may be IB, but it could be a mild case of MG, or an environmental allergen. With IB virus, you would see more chickens becoming sick with sneezing, and you may see some wrinkled egg shells or other shell problems. Hopefully it is just IB, and that lasts about a month. Let us know how she gets along.

The other chickens have begun to sneeze as well… I have been to a lot of country shows so it might have been I have tracked it with me as I did not change my clothes or boots before going home to the coop. I haven’t had any swabs or tests done but because of the mild signs was told this was most likely. They are all bright with good appetite just sneezing and now are laying much less. I only got one egg today from four hens