Hi everyone,
I just joined today. I am a new chicken owner. I got 5 chicks in December to house indoors until spring. They are Dino Nuggie (12 week old olive egger), Fancy Pants (10 week old barred rock and seemingly the leader), Hershey (9 week chocolate Orpington), Posh Spice (9 week black australorp), and Princess Teeny (9 week cream legbar).
Princess has always been on the small end and at one point I thought maybe she had failure to thrive as she also appeared sickly. She’s made it this far and is still small, but has her feathers and mohawk
and keeps up with the rest. 2 days ago she began making a strange wheezing sound. She wants to preen, drink and eat, but her crop doesn’t feel full and she is clearly having a hard time. It’s almost like something is stuck in her throat. I did a little research and gave her a little olive oil this morning to help get things moving if that was the case. I’m attaching a video link. Any ideas? I’m afraid I may be losing her.
Teeny
Thank you!
I just joined today. I am a new chicken owner. I got 5 chicks in December to house indoors until spring. They are Dino Nuggie (12 week old olive egger), Fancy Pants (10 week old barred rock and seemingly the leader), Hershey (9 week chocolate Orpington), Posh Spice (9 week black australorp), and Princess Teeny (9 week cream legbar).
Princess has always been on the small end and at one point I thought maybe she had failure to thrive as she also appeared sickly. She’s made it this far and is still small, but has her feathers and mohawk
and keeps up with the rest. 2 days ago she began making a strange wheezing sound. She wants to preen, drink and eat, but her crop doesn’t feel full and she is clearly having a hard time. It’s almost like something is stuck in her throat. I did a little research and gave her a little olive oil this morning to help get things moving if that was the case. I’m attaching a video link. Any ideas? I’m afraid I may be losing her.Teeny
Thank you!
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