What does my chicken have HELP!

[HannaDolly]

The one on the right is my Sick girl. This was taking a month or two ago before she started sneezing. Patiently waiting for more grapes. All of my chickens are super friendly and love their humans. So this illness that i have is very heart breaking. As im sure many have felt before about their flocks.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank You for your input. it is hard to say, id have to say its the mouth and goo coming from her nostrals. The goo is a clear liquid no distinct color. Her eyes seem to water up more around roost time. I have sense isolated her from the rest of the flock. Everyone else is a pitch perfect health at this point. appetite great, drinking great. running around bothering each other great. My girls are older and have not laid eggs sense I've owned them and the silver laced is to young yet. As of now she is the only one showing any signs of being Ill.

If it were a respiratory Illness would it have run through my Flock on a rampage already? The sneezing has been going on for a few weeks. My little hen didnt start getting really bad till i put a heat lamp in the Coop. Im wondering if this created a greater amount of Funal Spores in the air?

I will definitely start her on some high protein snacks, i'm sure she will like that. CoCo isn't to happy about being locked up away from the rest of them. Before i separated her she acted Normal aside from the above symptoms as far as eating and drinking went.

In the photo, is that the "goo" dripping out of her mouth? Why do the combs, face and beaks of both look shiny/wet?

As suggest by the previous posters, your problem could very well be mold/fungal.
Your girls with goo coming out of her mouth may also have a crop issue.
Sneezing for weeks makes me think dust/ammonia/fungus/mold. You mention eyes watering up around roosting time. You also put a heat lamp in the coop? Are you brooding any chicks in the coop? What is the heat for?

Excess poop can create ammonia which in turn would cause some respiratory symptoms as well as watery eyes. The hay mold/fungus would create the same situation.

@aart is great a helping with ventilation concerns, you may want to post some photos to see if adding some ventilation may remedy some of your problems.

Check the crop of your girl with the goo coming out of her mouth when she goes to roost - it should be full - check it first thing in the am - it should be empty. If they odor is coming from her crops them she may have a sour crop.

Here is some great info on crop health and treatment options:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments
http://www.tillysnest.com/2012/01/crop-issues-html/
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2014/06/chicken-anatomy-crop-impacted-crop-sour.html
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/answers-from-chicken-vet-on-impacted.html

 

[HannaDolly]

In the photo, is that the "goo" dripping out of her mouth? Why do the combs, face and beaks of both look shiny/wet?

As suggest by the previous posters, your problem could very well be mold/fungal.
Your girls with goo coming out of her mouth may also have a crop issue.
Sneezing for weeks makes me think dust/ammonia/fungus/mold.  You mention eyes watering up around roosting time. You also put a heat lamp in the coop?  Are you brooding any chicks in the coop? What is the heat for?

Excess poop can create ammonia which in turn would cause some respiratory symptoms as well as watery eyes. The hay mold/fungus would create the same situation.

@aart
is great a helping with ventilation concerns, you may want to post some photos to see if adding some ventilation may remedy some of your problems.

Check the crop of  your girl with the goo coming out of her mouth when she goes to roost - it should be full - check it first thing in the am - it should be empty. If they odor is coming from her crops them she may have a sour crop.

Here is some great info on crop health and treatment options:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments
http://www.tillysnest.com/2012/01/crop-issues-html/
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2014/06/chicken-anatomy-crop-impacted-crop-sour.html
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/answers-from-chicken-vet-on-impacted.html

This photo is old. They were eating grapes and that was some juice. I had chicks in there but have moved them elsewhere now until I know what this is.

Update on my girl. I went home and checked her on lunch. To my suprise she was upmoving around and looking right at me. When I gave her food she went right to it. I started her on garlic water last night and already see a massive improvement!

As far as ventilation goes I have a wood coop that should have little pieces of wood in between the big ones so I have little openings on either side of each board covering the outer part of my coop. I'd like to add windows at some point. But I should have enough air flow with those for right now. I cleaned every inch of my coop two days ago. So now there is no extra poop no hay. Just clean sawdust. There water is outside in the run because they always spilled it everywhere inside.

Thanks for all your help. Advice is always welcome even if she is improving a little!

 

[aart]

Gaps in wall boards are only ventilation?
Could have a huge impact on a respiratory issue.
What is your climate?
Yes, pics would help.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I am very happy to hear that she is improving.

 

[HannaDolly]

Gaps in wall boards are only ventilation?
Could have a huge impact on a respiratory issue. 
What is your climate?
Yes, pics would help.

I don't think I can describe my coop appropriately. It is much more open then most coops. Both doors stay open all the time these gaps are all at least 1 inch wide. Smallest is a half inch. I'll post a picture hold on

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Glad to hear she is improving.

We welcome photos

 

[HannaDolly]

Update on my girl.

I will attempt to get photos of her today on Lunch if i can find the time to squeeze it in. This week has been extra crazy busy for me with training horses and my poor sick chicken. I have been working into the night most days to complete all my chores. LOL

She is eating very well, and drinking too. She still isnt happy about being cooped up ( no pun intended) but she tolerates it well.
I am putting 2 small chunks of garlic in her water in the AM and change her water to fresh no garlic PM repeat the same in the AM again. I figured it would be good to offer some fresh water at night for her.

Crop: Feels normal.
Eye/Nasal discharge : Last night when checking on her she had no discharge around her eyes or runny nose. She was just laying there happily asleep and when i woke her she clucked to me like she always does. This morning both eyes were open and had no signs of any yuck around them.

over all she is improving ten fold and i am extremely happy about this. I am also looking into NPIP testing and checking to see what else they can test for when they are at my Coop anyhow.

I am safely believing that this was not a contagious respiratory Illness and that it was in-fact Brooder Pneumonia. This is my first chicken family and i am new to this!

I have already in-listed the help of my "willing" boyfriend to help make windows of some sort in the coop to allow for an even greater source of airflow. I have to be crafty as i had run ins with the Coon family a few months back.


I do still have a couple questions, If adding a fan.
Do i
A.have airflow inside the coop or
B.have air flow outside the coop.
I will only utilize this in the summer time given it gets to cold in the winter to use a fan. Ive been looking at all the fancy coops on here and am starting to think i will be adding on the my coop in the fall. Some of the designs are Awesome!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I can't answer the fan question, but I can say cover your windows with hardware cloth to deter predators as well as keeping flying chickens from hitting them and breaking them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Glad to hear she is improving.

Ventilation is important so it could have been brooder pneumonia, dust, ammonia, fungus/mold or a combo of the lot. I think cleaning out the hay and coop may have helped too.

I do use a fans, one in my coop (mounted outside) and one that blows across the run. It really depends on your set up.

For me it does help with air circulation and my coop is usually around 5-7degrees cooler than the outside temps, doesn't sound like much, but in hot humid weather I can feel the difference so I'm sure the flock can too. I run my fans 24/7. On really hot, humid, still days I look out the window and my flock is standing where their bloomers can blow in the breeze

Of course this is in addition to open eaves and 4 open windows (1has the fan) all of these are covered with hardware cloth.

In Winter I still have the windows that I can open if need be and the "front" eave is always open. The back eave which is on the North side I have blocks of wood that I can take in and out to control air flow - really windy cold nights I block off direct wind over the roosting area.

That said you would need to make sure that fans are sheltered from the elements and look for ones that are at least weather resistant/made for outdoor use. You need to make sure your electric is properly made up as well, I would not use drop cords.

Terri Golson of the HenCam has a an article that includes using a fan here:
https://hencam.com/faq/hot-weather-care/