Strange noise like coughing

[Santiago Perez]

Help.
One of my hens is making a strange noise like a coughing.
She is eating fine and walks around but since a couple of days ago, she started to have this cough or sneeze every 10 to 20 seconds. She does it constantly

 

[Eggcessive]

It sounds like she may have a respiratory virus called infectious bronchitis. Do you see any watery eyes or nasal drainage, or any bubbles in her eyes? Usually IB will affect more than one bird and will go through the flock. Other respiratory diseases such as mycoplasma (MG) could also be possible. The other possibility, is that something is irritating her nostrils. Are her nostrils clean or plugged with food or mucus? Here is a video of a chicken sneezing:

 

[Santiago Perez]

It sounds like she may have a respiratory virus called infectious bronchitis. Do you see any watery eyes or nasal drainage, or any bubbles in her eyes? Usually IB will affect more than one bird and will go through the flock. Other respiratory diseases such as mycoplasma (MG) could also be possible. The other possibility, is that something is irritating her nostrils. Are her nostrils clean or plugged with food or mucus? Here is a video of a chicken sneezing:

Thanks, I think I´ll take her to the vet before she infects the other, no watery eyes and she digs in her wet food like crazy, she doesnt sound like in the video, since she does more like a dry raspy sound.

 

[Eggcessive]

If you are in the US, you may be able to get some Tylan 50 injectable antibiotic in the cattle medicines of your local feed store. They would have syringes and 20 gauge needles as well. It can be given orally 0.25 ml per pound of weight 3 times a day for 5 days. A vet could give you Tylan powder for use in the water. Tylan will treat mycoplasma or MG, but IB sounds more like what you are hearing. Here are 2 more videos of coughing:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/horrible-coughing-and-honking-from-hen.1137625/

 

[Santiago Perez]

If you are in the US, you may be able to get some Tylan 50 injectable antibiotic in the cattle medicines of your local feed store. They would have syringes and 20 gauge needles as well. It can be given orally 0.25 ml per pound of weight 3 times a day for 5 days. A vet could give you Tylan powder for use in the water. Tylan will treat mycoplasma or MG, but IB sounds more like what you are hearing. Here are 2 more videos of coughing:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/horrible-coughing-and-honking-from-hen.1137625/

Thank you and its very similar to what they are going tru. I´m in México. So I will have to look for an equivalent

 

[Eggcessive]

Some generic drugs that will treat mycoplasma are tiamulin (Denagard,) oxytetracycline, tylosin (Tylan,) doxycycline, and enrofloxacin (Baytril.)