r/BackYardChickens • u/HappyEquine84 • 12h ago

Sneezing in chickens? Heath Question

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Okay so every list I see of symptoms in chickens when their health is failing has sneezing in it. Does that mean ANY sneezing is bad? Do they sneeze occasionally when healthy too, and it's just excessive sneezing that's bad? If so, what's excessive? I hear sneezes occasionally from our small flock, but it seems very occasional and not usually the same bird. Everything else seems great, they're hungry, alert, curious and still laying eggs. All are from the same batch of chicks and are less than 1, I think they were born in late spring. I try and spend at least 20 minutes every morning just chilling with them to see how they are, and in that time period I might hear one or two sneezes from different chickens. I don't always hear one, although there does seem to be a bit more recently, I assumed because of the cold weather.

Pic of said flock, cause they're cute 🙂

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u/AdComplex4494 8h ago

If it becomes more regular, I recommend buying vetRX for respiratory illnesses. I had two birds that started coughing and sneezing frequently. I bought vetRX at tractor supply and it cured them within a week. I continued the treatment though for awhile after they stopped showing symptoms. They have been healthy ever since! I’m going to add a photo of it down below

https://preview.redd.it/oq5a6lxvcfce1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4170dea8ba7090abd1b64d93e23904f263bc6129

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u/HappyEquine84 5h ago

Oh nice! Thank you! We haven't had to do anything yet beyond medicated food when they were chicks and I've wondered what kind of "vet" care we'll end up doing. Most (if not all) will be done by me. I don't know that we'd do a chicken vet, our horse vet only does horses, cats, and dogs, and I don't know that we'll be spending that kind of money on chickens...but I definitely want to do everything I can and have no problem doing medical stuff (if I know it's safe!).

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u/AdComplex4494 4h ago

You’re welcome! I am the same way. My goats have their vet but I do all the chickens myself. It’s just so expensive to have vet work done😫Thankfully chickens are pretty easy to care for!