Whole flock infected! Drooling, sneezing, one hen laying around, unable to walk, PLEASE HELP!

[TNchickies]

I have read up and my thoughts are of, or course, worst first, Coryza.

All of my flock, excluding my one rooster who is separated due to an animal attack, is drooling, sneezing, and having watery stool. One of my hens has been laying in the nest box for three hours.

They do not have an increase or decrease in appetite, but they didn't drink as much as usual.

Also, we did just install water to the coop. Is it possible something could be in the water somehow? The water system runs off the house so i wouldn't think it would matter??????

PLEASE HELP ME! i am not an expert and i'm to sure what to do at this point. I would hate to loose all eleven of them. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[TNchickies]

Also, six of the nine hens are still laying. One of them hasn't begun laying yet, and the other two haven't laid today. There is no water around eyes, and there noses aren't stuffed. I have noticed that some of them have a thin mucous coming out of their nose though.

A couple weeks ago i noticed that my rooster, the one who is separated due to an attack, was drooling slighty, but only once and not again.

Again, any help is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo appreciated! Thnx

 

[Eggcessive]

Have you checked the hen in the nest box for egg binding--do an internal vent exam for an egg. Did you flush out your water lines before using it? Is there any swelling of faces or eyes? Have you added any new birds recently? Is the one unable to walk paralysed or just too weak to stand? Any thick foul-smelling mucus from their beaks? Here is a list of diseases. Read about MG, IB, ILT, and coryza. Most of these are chronic disease that will make carriers of the flock. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

 

[TNchickies]

The hen in the nestbox has just laid an egg. There is no apparent sign of egg binding. We did flush the water lines before we used it. No swelling of face or eyes. The last time we added birds was almost a year ago. The one who is weak is just to weak to stand; she is not Paralyzed. No thick, foul-smelling mucous. I looked at all of the diseases you mentioned; none seem to be near their symptoms except the ILT, but they do not seem to be having that much trouble breathing....

 

[TNchickies]

Thank you for your help

I talked with a vet assistant and she was unable to tell me anything. She suggested calling tractor supply or southern states for advice, but i'm not sure they would know. Any ideas?
Thanks for your help. I greatly appreciate it!

 

[TNchickies]

So.... NBD, (fowl Cholera,) Coryza, Pasteurella, or CRD? I'm so confused....i'm ready to shut the computer and wait it out. I've been researching, reading, and trying to figure it out for hours now... My poor chickies. I don't know what to think. Thanks for the help Eggcessive. i appreciate it.

Any further help is greatly appreciated. Thnx.

 

[Eggcessive]

You're welcome. Infectious bronchitis and mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG or CRD) symptoms can include sneezing and mucus from beak. Coryza usually causes thick foul smelling nasal drainage, and swelling of the eyes or face. Sometimes getting a chicken tested or necropsied after death is the only surefire way to know what you are dealing with. Contacting your state vet, describing symptoms, and asking about what diseases are showing up in your area is a good start. Then ask about testing. Antibiotics such as Tylan, Gallimycin, and Oxytetracycline may be helpful in reducing symptoms, or preventing secondary infections, but MG is never cured. IB lasts about a month, and chickens who recover will be carriers for a year, but they are no longer symptomatic. Most people would chose to cull birds with respiratory diseases, but if you chose to medicate them, you should close your flock to new birds, and not sell or give away birds or hatching eggs. Here are 2 links to read about MG/CRD and IB, and a link to find contact info on your state vet:
http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou...lasma_gallisepticum_infection_in_poultry.html
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/78/infectious-bronchitis-ib
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/participants.shtml