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    Chicken with Partially Obstructed Airway

    Thank you. It happens, and it was just bad timing in terms of when her symptoms showed up. Had she showed something even one day earlier, we might have been able to catch it before all the vets' offices were closed for the weekend.
  2. J

    Chicken with Partially Obstructed Airway

    Alas, despite our best efforts, she died earlier this afternoon. She was eating and drinking relatively well until this morning, and then breathing became too hard, and we couldn't clear the obstruction away (we tried).
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    Chicken with Partially Obstructed Airway

    There is what I would classify as a bad odor when she exhales, which also made me lean toward canker. It's hard to tell for sure, but mostly we just want to give her the best supportive care we can until Monday when the vets' offices open back up and we can get a proper diagnosis.
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    Chicken with Partially Obstructed Airway

    Thank you! It didn't look like the pictures I was seeing for wet pox, even though that was my first suspect (our rooster had it recently, so it was top of my list). What I've looked up so far for cankers seems to fit the bill precisely.
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    Chicken with Partially Obstructed Airway

    Edit: Figured out it's most likely avian canker (aka avian trichomonosis). Leaving this up in case anyone else is searching for something similar.
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    Chicken with Partially Obstructed Airway

    Hey folks. Naturally one of our chickens started showing respiratory distress yesterday afternoon late, and today I had to go to work and couldn't get her in to a vet before they all closed for the weekend. Any idea what we're dealing with here? I initially thought gapeworm until I got a look in...
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