Gapeworms??????

[CarleyFox]

Hi everyone !
So I’ve been looking at Facebook pages and seen videos of chickens gaping and stretching their necks. My hens do this quite frequently, and often. But many people say that they would have passed by now. Could it be something else ?

 

[ardeidae]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/gapeworm-respiratory-infection.1404633/

This was a recent thread that you might find useful. I'm very new at chicken keeping so I'm no help but hope this is!

 

[ShianRainDrop]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/gapeworm-respiratory-infection.1404633/

This was a recent thread that you might find useful. I'm very new at chicken keeping so I'm no help but hope this is!

That one doesn't seem to be useful in terms of gapeworms. I'm new to chickens too though so pretty ignorant. LOL!

 

[ardeidae]

That one doesn't seem to be useful in terms of gapeworms. I'm new to chickens too though so pretty ignorant. LOL!

It talks about how there are varying issues that can cause a chicken to act like that. There are quite a few posts on BYC from people jumping to gapeworms when there are other more likely causes. Just thought it might be a starting point to look into something like crop issues until someone with more knowledge chimed in.