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1) What type of bird , age and weight. hens from 5 years old to 2 months.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. A few weeks ago, the first systems were sneezing and wheezing/gurgling sounds every time they breathed. This week, 2 of my hens have very swolen faces and runny noses. The older hen that has this "cold" isn't doing good and she's all droopy and not moving very much.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? maybe 3 weeks to a month
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? one bird or the other has had this "snot head" thing for a few days and then they seemed to get over it. Then the next day, it would happen to another bird.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. nope
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. We live right next to a gravel road that gets pretty dusty when a car goes by, But I don't know...
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Laying pellets from local mill, water and antibiotic water.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. I did notice a big green poop the other day, But it could have been a side effect to the antibiotics...
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? We put some antibiotics in their water, But no change from the birds. In fact, It would make the water in their waterer yellow and gooey and gross. It also won't wash off the waterer very well... Also, we used cold remedy nose drops in some of the hens noses.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing
the bird til you can get to a vet? home treatment
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. might take one later.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use wood shavings in their coop, dirt in the yard. I put down hay or shavings in the run after it rains so it's not so muddy.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. A few weeks ago, the first systems were sneezing and wheezing/gurgling sounds every time they breathed. This week, 2 of my hens have very swolen faces and runny noses. The older hen that has this "cold" isn't doing good and she's all droopy and not moving very much.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? maybe 3 weeks to a month
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? one bird or the other has had this "snot head" thing for a few days and then they seemed to get over it. Then the next day, it would happen to another bird.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. nope
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. We live right next to a gravel road that gets pretty dusty when a car goes by, But I don't know...
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Laying pellets from local mill, water and antibiotic water.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. I did notice a big green poop the other day, But it could have been a side effect to the antibiotics...
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? We put some antibiotics in their water, But no change from the birds. In fact, It would make the water in their waterer yellow and gooey and gross. It also won't wash off the waterer very well... Also, we used cold remedy nose drops in some of the hens noses.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing
the bird til you can get to a vet? home treatment
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. might take one later.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use wood shavings in their coop, dirt in the yard. I put down hay or shavings in the run after it rains so it's not so muddy.
