Snot bubbles & sneezing

[Laydeau]

Went to lock up my coop tonight, and during head count/bird inspection I noticed one sneezed a couple times back to back and has a runny nose. Beak was wet and had some snot bubbles? What could be causing this? A cold or something else? Little guy is in isolation now, what medicine will I need to get for him? I will be keeping an eye on the rest of the flock. I have no experience with this type of thing- I appreciate and and all advice. Thank you for reading

 

[Pennys Mama]

Went to lock up my coop tonight, and during head count/bird inspection I noticed one sneezed a couple times back to back and has a runny nose. Beak was wet and had some snot bubbles? What could be causing this? A cold or something else? Little guy is in isolation now, what medicine will I need to get for him? I will be keeping an eye on the rest of the flock. I have no experience with this type of thing- I appreciate and and all advice. Thank you for reading

This is what I treated my flock with.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/doxy-tyl-100g/

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Went to lock up my coop tonight, and during head count/bird inspection I noticed one sneezed a couple times back to back and has a runny nose. Beak was wet and had some snot bubbles? What could be causing this? A cold or something else? Little guy is in isolation now, what medicine will I need to get for him? I will be keeping an eye on the rest of the flock. I have no experience with this type of thing- I appreciate and and all advice. Thank you for reading

Where are you located in the world - do you have plenty of ventilation in your coop?

Sounds like respiratory disease. There are a few that are fairly common in chickens, unfortunately, most all respiratory diseases make birds carriers for life.
Are there bubbles in the eyes and/or facial swelling too? A bacteria-like disease like Mycoplasma responds to antibiotic treatment. Tylosin can be used to treat symptoms (birds still remain carriers, pass it on to other birds and become symptomatic again during times of stress). Infectious Bronchitis is another respiratory disease that is fairly common - it produces coughing/sneezing, runny nose, etc. It's a virus so has to run it's course.
Respiratory diseases can also damage reproductive systems and impact production - here's some quick reading to get you started on your research. Keeping a closed flock and practicing bio-security is best until you get some testing to find out what you are dealing with.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

 

[Eggcessive]

It could be a respiratory virus called infectious bronchitis, which would not need antibiotics, if you are seeing sneezing often. IB tends to spread to other chickens fairly quickly, and lasts about a month. If there are eye bubbles or swelling around an eye, it might be MG which could respond to antibiotics. Tylan (tylosin,) doxycycline, and oxytetracycline are one sthat treat MG. Here is a good link that includes symptoms of most respiratory diseases, including IB, MG, ILT, and coryza:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

 

[Pennys Mama]

@Eggcessive & @Wyorp Rock know what they're talking about & ask all the right questions.

 

[Laydeau]

Where are you located in the world - do you have plenty of ventilation in your coop?

Sounds like respiratory disease. There are a few that are fairly common in chickens, unfortunately, most all respiratory diseases make birds carriers for life.
Are there bubbles in the eyes and/or facial swelling too? A bacteria-like disease like Mycoplasma responds to antibiotic treatment. Tylosin can be used to treat symptoms (birds still remain carriers, pass it on to other birds and become symptomatic again during times of stress). Infectious Bronchitis is another respiratory disease that is fairly common - it produces coughing/sneezing, runny nose, etc. It's a virus so has to run it's course.
Respiratory diseases can also damage reproductive systems and impact production - here's some quick reading to get you started on your research. Keeping a closed flock and practicing bio-security is best until you get some testing to find out what you are dealing with.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

Im located in Houston, Texas. During winter I make adjustments for my coop to combat the cold, lately its been hot and then cold back and forth. its more enclosed than normal- but ventilated. I went ahead and opened it up a lot more now that this is going on. I haven't seen any swelling but one of my boys did have eye bubbles the other day in his left eye They were very tiny, looked like a bubbly, watery eyes. He no longer has it anymore. After I let them out of the coop this morning I heard small sneezes here and there from a few birds. I was out there just now for about twenty minutes and didn't hear any sneezes or anything. The bird in quarantine is still snotty and runny, I'm not hearing any weird sounds when he breathes although i thought i heard a little congestion last night.

 

[Laydeau]

It could be a respiratory virus called infectious bronchitis, which would not need antibiotics, if you are seeing sneezing often. IB tends to spread to other chickens fairly quickly, and lasts about a month. If there are eye bubbles or swelling around an eye, it might be MG which could respond to antibiotics. Tylan (tylosin,) doxycycline, and oxytetracycline are one sthat treat MG. Here is a good link that includes symptoms of most respiratory diseases, including IB, MG, ILT, and coryza:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

Its mostly been sneezing here and there. And small runny noses- not bubbles or gobs of liquid just wet beaks. One boy did have bubbles the other day, they are no longer there but they were really tiny and reminded me of watery eyes.

 

[Laydeau]

This is what I treated my flock with.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/doxy-tyl-100g/

Thank you so much!

 

[Eggcessive]

The eye bubbles can be a sign of mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG,) so I would watch for them again in the rooster, an din the snotty hen. You might want to use Tylan (tylosin) or doxycycline for only the ones showing symptoms. You couldmalso try to get a sick bird tested to identify the disease. If you have one with MG in the flock, you need to consider all birds being carriers, so closing your flock might be a good idea.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I haven't seen any swelling but one of my boys did have eye bubbles the other day in his left eye They were very tiny, looked like a bubbly, watery eyes. He no longer has it anymore. After I let them out of the coop this morning I heard small sneezes here and there from a few birds. I was out there just now for about twenty minutes and didn't hear any sneezes or anything. The bird in quarantine is still snotty and runny

Im located in Houston, Texas. During winter I make adjustments for my coop to combat the cold, lately its been hot and then cold back and forth. its more enclosed than normal- but ventilated. I went ahead and opened it up a lot more now that this is going on

I'm glad you made adjustments to your ventilation, that may help.
I would watch the worst one for more signs of bubbles in the eyes, facial swelling or worsening of symptoms.
Since the others are sneezing a bit too, it's hard to know what you are dealing with. Getting some swabs analyzed would be helpful if that's something you want to do. You can call your Texas State Lab and ask how to send in samples or another option is to use an independent lab like Zoologix.

Mycoplasma symptoms can be treated with antibiotics like Tylosin can you can order online.