Chickens with Eye drainage

[HannahGilbert8213]

Hello!
I have had chickens for about 5 years now and I recently added four new chickens to the flock and everything was going fine until about two weeks after we integrated them. We began noticing one of the new chickens was making an odd noise that we are assuming was a sneezing of some sort. We isolated her immediately. Within 24 hours of us hearing the noise, she had passed away. Then we treated the rest of our chickens with some electrolyte packets in their water, and an immune support packet. Then about a week after one of the new chickens passed away, one of our original hens began have eye swelling. We at first just thought it was some sort of sting, since we have a lot of bees in the backyard. After about a day she began having drainage come from her eye and we grabbed some vet RX and treated all of the hens for about 10 days. Everything seemed to be okay. A few of them seemed to have a little congestion but they had better color and had much more energy. Then suddenly we had two of our original hens die in the span of about a week. They were older but we still gave the flock a few doses of the Vet Rx. Now fast forward a little over a week, and another one of my new hens is showing eye drainage symptoms and sneezing. Her comb is a little pale also. This started yesterday, and we gave them all doses of the Vet Rx. She seems about the same, but I have never had this many issues with chicken sickness. Does anyone have an idea about what this could be, and/or how to treat them? I am really hoping to not have to get rid of my entire flock but I am afraid that they will continue to get sick. Thank you!

 

[Eggcessive]

What is your general location? It sounds like the new hens brought with them a chronic respiratory disease. Those include mycoplasma (MG) and coryza which cause eyelid swelling and sinus infection. Is there a bad odor from any of the sick ones or the ones that died? Can you get a picture? That can indicate coryza. Eye bubbles or foam, swollen eyelid, and lethargy can be MG. Tylosin is an antibiotic that may treat symptoms of MG. Coryza is better treated with sulfa antibiotics. If you are in the US, you can get a necropsy by your state vet on any hen that dies, and that can tell you exactly what you are dealing with. Keep the body cold on ice in a cooler or refrigerator, but don’t freeze. Here is where to get Tylosin:
https://jedds.com/products/tylosin-...EniE3ubvkwuXmCugyWUMsFEth_TjQEJjdHWzejvMWdGjh

Here is where to get sulfa antibiotic for coryza:
https://jedds.com/products/medicox-...T683Zh99Yyg_g7jj8YV6AWUruLMzBe_vEv_pikbckuRhV

 

[HannahGilbert8213]

What is your general location? It sounds like the new hens brought with them a chronic respiratory disease. Those include mycoplasma (MG) and coryza which cause eyelid swelling and sinus infection. Is there a bad odor from any of the sick ones or the ones that died? Can you get a picture? That can indicate coryza. Eye bubbles or foam, swollen eyelid, and lethargy can be MG. Tylosin is an antibiotic that may treat symptoms of MG. Coryza is better treated with sulfa antibiotics. If you are in the US, you can get a necropsy by your state vet on any hen that dies, and that can tell you exactly what you are dealing with. Keep the body cold on ice in a cooler or refrigerator, but don’t freeze. Here is where to get Tylosin:
https://jedds.com/products/tylosin-...EniE3ubvkwuXmCugyWUMsFEth_TjQEJjdHWzejvMWdGjh

Here is where to get sulfa antibiotic for coryza:
https://jedds.com/products/medicox-...T683Zh99Yyg_g7jj8YV6AWUruLMzBe_vEv_pikbckuRhV

Thank you! I’m thinking it’s probably MG. I’m in Ohio!