What is wrong with my chickens?

[mckenzie]

My chickens are getting sick their heads are swelling up around their eyes. The turkeys I had the same symptoms but they died. None of the chickens have died yet. Does anybody know what this could be? Do you think it can be transmitted to ducks, peacocks, and pigeons?

 

[faykokoWV]

those are very very bad symptoms, I would suggest you call your dept of agriculture and have them come test your birds.

Isolate any sick birds from the rest of the flock immediately.

 

[nicelittlehens]

Hi there, give me more information, do they have watery eyes? Do they sneeze? Do they have reddening and swelling of the tear ducts eye tissue? Be very pacific

 

[Silkie Sue]

maybe she could be more Atlantic!!

sorry i couldn't resist

 

[nicelittlehens]

Oh my God your right! I did mean specific, I feel real stupid right now!

 

[Silkie Sue]

Don't feel stupid.....
that was not my intention,

 

[nicelittlehens]

I know it wasn’t however, I’m laughing at myself now too You would think two years of college I could write a word in its proper context! lol

 

[mckenzie]

There eyes have puss like stuff in them. They do not sneeze and the area around their tear ducts are swollen. All of them have not got it yet. I started putting them in seperate pens now. Also I had guineas to, they just died all of a sudden with no symptoms. Ijust assumed it was the same thing.

 

[nicelittlehens]

I have a website for you that is very reader friendly and describes the systems of different diseases. Hope it helps you , I have good luck with it for a long time.

here it is http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

 

[mckenzie]

Thank you. I think it might be swollen head syndrome but not sure.