gapeworm?

Hello! i recently noticed that my hen had weird slime in her mouth and seemed very bothered by it. she had some trouble swallowing her food, but after she ate and a few minutes had passed she felt already a little better. Shes very active and behaves like a normal healthy chicken (besides the...

Hi! I’m a new chicken owner. My 35 week old Ameraucana was acting odd this morning. I attached a video but essentially it looks like gaping and she also would close her close her after making the head movements. She hasn’t laid yet and her poop looks normal just dark. I tried to look down her...

I have a chicken that was almost gasping for air last night for around 10 minutes. I brought her inside, she ate a scrambled egg and seemed to be okay after that. I am worried that it’s a respiratory infection, I looked down her throat and could not see any worms. Unsure of what to do and what...

One of my chicks had developed a new issue. Tomorrow they will be exactly 3 weeks old. I noticed my largest girl stretch her neck out and gape. This started Yesterday evening. I also noticed that She shakes her head and sneezes. Now luckily none of my other chicks have this issue its just her...

5 week old Barred Rock. Its been 4 days since she was at the bottom of the coop not responding or moving. I picked her up and she was very cold to touch, lethargic looking and having a difficult time standing, holding up her head. I immediately got a heating pad on her and noticed that she was...

My baby chick who I suspected had gapeworm is now start to jolt her head when falling asleep. Should I be worried? She already seemingly gapes for no reason and now this. Does she have a type of lice? Is there something in her crop/throat bothering her? Is it really gapeworm and is she trying to...