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  1. azygous

    Gasping and wheezing chicken

    As @Eggcessive already mentioned, the eggs are safe to eat. A PCR test is available as I mentioned. It requires you to contact this lab and request a testing kit which you will then return with the required sample. You must select the test to be run on it which will be the infectious bronchitis...
  2. azygous

    Gasping and wheezing chicken

    IBV does not infect humans. If you are thinking of doing something as irreversible as culling your flock, I highly recommend getting a test done to determine if IBV is indeed in your flock. You can do this through a blood sample but it is not cheap.
  3. azygous

    Gasping and wheezing chicken

    I think @Eggcessive covered about all of it. Perhaps the fowl pox is contributing to the respiratory symptoms in its small way, also, if it's partially blocking the nares. Squirrels seem to have an affinity for chickens. Here they sure do. They come into the run sometimes when I leave it open...
  4. azygous

    Gasping and wheezing chicken

    Just a @Eggcessive mentioned, I've also observed this phenomenon of coughing and wheezing after my hens dive like gluttons into dry feed. You see, normally they are fed fermented feed which is wet. Therefore, my chickens think that dry feed is some sort of rare exotic treat and they vacuum up as...
  5. azygous

    Gasping and wheezing chicken

    I'm posting a diagram of a chicken so we will be on the same page talking about body parts. It's possible she has a respiratory illness, but with no discharge from her beak nares or eyes, I'm thinking that she may have an exchange of fluids going on between her esophagus and her trachea. In...
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