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    Sick hen? Sneezing, wheezing, and...a weird noise. See video.

    I suspect this is not a problem of heat stress. This evening as I was checking on the birds, this hen was wheezing, gasping, and sneezing. I also noticed her crop was empty and her comb was just a little bit darker red than the other turkens. I rubbed a small amount of vet rx on her wattles...
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    Sick hen? Sneezing, wheezing, and...a weird noise. See video.

    We have had a lot of humid days in the mid 90s. It's hot for sure. I just started the girls on electrolytes and vitamins to help offset the heat stress a bit.
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    Sick hen? Sneezing, wheezing, and...a weird noise. See video.

    No other symptoms like that. I noticed the onset of open mouth breathing, sneezing, and the weird sound this week. Could this possibly be gapeworm??
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    Sick hen? Sneezing, wheezing, and...a weird noise. See video.

    Interesting. It's a brand new coop that they spend very little time in aside from sleeping and laying eggs. The rest of the run has fresh wood chips. Very little manure buildup anywhere.
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    Sick hen? Sneezing, wheezing, and...a weird noise. See video.

    First post here. We have a small flock, of 15 hens and one roo. Three hens are 2+ years old and 13 are young, around 18 weeks. One of our Turken hens, Friar Cluck, has begun showing some signs of a respiratory infection. She's sneezing, wheezing, stretching her neck occasionally, panting...
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