- Jun 12, 2009
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Hello,
My 8 month old Cukoo Marans started wheezing and making squeaking hiccup like noizes on christmas eve. She has been doing it ever since. She sometimes shakes her head and ruffles her fethers but otherwise seems very normal. She runs around, eats well (although she is Miss Piggy of the group), and her comb is of normal color. When I first noticed this I added some ACV to their water. For the first couple days after I noticed the wheezing she started sleeping in the nesting boxes, not going up to the roosting poles. For the past couple nights she has been sleeping up on the roosting poles as normal. She is still laying, and does not seem lethargic at all.
Other pieces of general info: I use the deep bedding method in the coop with 12 inches of pine shavings. The coop is heated to 37 deg F., outside it has been between 0 and 30 deg F. I shovel the snow out of their run, and cover the ground with leaves (otherwise they wont leave the coop in winter with the snow).
If it were not for the fact that she sounds somewhere between wheezing, and honking a clowns nose when she breaths (and not every time) I would not think anything was abnormal.
Today I minced up some garlic and gave it to all the girls.
Anyone have any ideas of what is going on? Is ACV and Garlic appropriate or should I be doing something more aggressive?
My other 6 girls seem completely fine.
Thanks in advance for your help!!
Daniel
St. Paul, MN
My 8 month old Cukoo Marans started wheezing and making squeaking hiccup like noizes on christmas eve. She has been doing it ever since. She sometimes shakes her head and ruffles her fethers but otherwise seems very normal. She runs around, eats well (although she is Miss Piggy of the group), and her comb is of normal color. When I first noticed this I added some ACV to their water. For the first couple days after I noticed the wheezing she started sleeping in the nesting boxes, not going up to the roosting poles. For the past couple nights she has been sleeping up on the roosting poles as normal. She is still laying, and does not seem lethargic at all.
Other pieces of general info: I use the deep bedding method in the coop with 12 inches of pine shavings. The coop is heated to 37 deg F., outside it has been between 0 and 30 deg F. I shovel the snow out of their run, and cover the ground with leaves (otherwise they wont leave the coop in winter with the snow).
If it were not for the fact that she sounds somewhere between wheezing, and honking a clowns nose when she breaths (and not every time) I would not think anything was abnormal.
Today I minced up some garlic and gave it to all the girls.
Anyone have any ideas of what is going on? Is ACV and Garlic appropriate or should I be doing something more aggressive?
My other 6 girls seem completely fine.
Thanks in advance for your help!!
Daniel
St. Paul, MN
