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    Chicken Suddenly Wheezing, Gaping, Struggling to Breathe

    If she is about 4 pounds the 1 ml dose is fine. The 1.5 ml would be for a 5-7 pound hen. She is definitely gasping a bit for air, not to severe, but not normal. Her swallowing of something in her throat may be a respiratory infection, but crop contents can come back up into the throat. Can you...
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    Chicken Suddenly Wheezing, Gaping, Struggling to Breathe

    I prefer to use chilled coconut oil cut into small pieces offered for them to peck (1-2tsp per day.) It is safer than giving oil into the beak in case they choke on it or aspirate. A puffy crop first thing in morning before they eat of drink does sound like a slow or sour crop. Is there a bad or...
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    Chicken Suddenly Wheezing, Gaping, Struggling to Breathe

    How is she breathing right now? Have you heard any stridor, a high pitched wheeze on breathing in and out? That sometimes can be just a small piece of feed that has gotten into the windpipe. It can clear up in a few hours. Have you looked into the beak and throat with a flashlight for anything...
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