Okay, so I brought home 6 hens @ a month ago. I then noticed later that day one had an occasional sneeze, no discharge, swelling etc. just a little sneeze here and there & this particular one also had some cooing sounds when I held her (duh me, she was the sweetest of the 6 and I am so new to the chicken raising that I thought she was just cooing like she was happy
. I then noticed two others maybe 3 also were doing some sneezing.
So, they've been on duramycin for @ 10days. Really no difference in the occasional sneeze. No problems with eating or drinking & all appear very healthy when looking at them. Normal chicken behavoir since the day we brought them home. Only thing is I think the original one I thought was "cooing" does maybe sound like it's more a wheeze now. I do not hear the wheezing in the others just the sneezing here & there.
When I say occasional, it's not like just once in a while, it's more like if I am hanging out with them for say 10-15mins. I hear a sneeze probably 2-4 times. So, because of the wheezing in one and the more frequent sneeze (more than what I would think the norm but then again I am very new to the chicken world, I just know my others in seperate coops/runs do not sneeze at all)
Here are a few things pertaining to their new routine/home:
*Add De to food & around coop and run
*lots of rain the last month - mosquitos really bad
*other chickens in other coops but nothing out of norm. with them
*coop & run area brand new, no other chickens previously
*no real history with them other than they were with others approx. same age (18-22wks at time I brought them home)
*not sure if they were given med. feed at chicks
*no eggs laid yet
My husband is an old school country boy and thinks I'm being OCD (and I am
) & paranoid about all this but I can't help but think there is something I can do.
So, I tried to give as much info. as possible. What do you think could be the cause of the sneezing & what is my next step because it seems as if the duramycin hasn't help?
They are my pets and I just want happy beautiful, HEALTHY chickens.
P.S. we do wnat to add maybe 4 more hens but I'm afraid to right now until I figure out if there is anything serious wrong with these 1st six.
Thanks
So, they've been on duramycin for @ 10days. Really no difference in the occasional sneeze. No problems with eating or drinking & all appear very healthy when looking at them. Normal chicken behavoir since the day we brought them home. Only thing is I think the original one I thought was "cooing" does maybe sound like it's more a wheeze now. I do not hear the wheezing in the others just the sneezing here & there.
When I say occasional, it's not like just once in a while, it's more like if I am hanging out with them for say 10-15mins. I hear a sneeze probably 2-4 times. So, because of the wheezing in one and the more frequent sneeze (more than what I would think the norm but then again I am very new to the chicken world, I just know my others in seperate coops/runs do not sneeze at all)
Here are a few things pertaining to their new routine/home:
*Add De to food & around coop and run
*lots of rain the last month - mosquitos really bad
*other chickens in other coops but nothing out of norm. with them
*coop & run area brand new, no other chickens previously
*no real history with them other than they were with others approx. same age (18-22wks at time I brought them home)
*not sure if they were given med. feed at chicks
*no eggs laid yet
My husband is an old school country boy and thinks I'm being OCD (and I am
So, I tried to give as much info. as possible. What do you think could be the cause of the sneezing & what is my next step because it seems as if the duramycin hasn't help?
They are my pets and I just want happy beautiful, HEALTHY chickens.
P.S. we do wnat to add maybe 4 more hens but I'm afraid to right now until I figure out if there is anything serious wrong with these 1st six.
Thanks
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