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    my chicken is breathing with her mouth open... please help !

    Quote: I'm sure she's not the devil! They do each have their own little personalities though, don't They? As a general rule You have to be very careful when introducing new birds. You can't just throw them in together. It's a good idea to wait until they are the same size, and then let them...
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    my chicken is breathing with her mouth open... please help !

    Hey Michelle, So sorry this has had a bad ending for you. How can you tell that she choked? Did you do a necropsy? I tend to give my girls a plain dish of yogurt. I've never mixed it in with their feed because they like it so much they'll just take it out of a small dish. There are so many...
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    my chicken is breathing with her mouth open... please help !

    I'm so sorry Michelle! I know this is a difficult thing to do, but have you considered doing a postmortem exam? It may help you figure out or confirm what the problem was. If it was indeed gapeworm, you should be able to tell for certain. If not, it may help you in the future to recognize a...
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    my chicken is breathing with her mouth open... please help !

    Great!! Glad to hear it! The vitamin you ordered looks quite similar to nutri drench for poultry. It's good stuff. Keep us updated on how she does!
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    my chicken is breathing with her mouth open... please help !

    which vitamin product did you get? I have poly-vi-sol baby vitamins and NutriDrench for Poultry. I give these to the girls at fairly regular inventories. Thanks for the link! Sadly, I did not get to do the swabbing this evening. We found a hurt baby raccoon in our driveway and I have been...
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    my chicken is breathing with her mouth open... please help !

    Man, I can just imagine what my girls will think of me trying to swab their throats! I will give it a shot tonight and see. I was planning on doing an annual worming in December or January anyway, so I guess i may as well go ahead and do it soon, just in case. One of my girls is molting now...
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    my chicken is breathing with her mouth open... please help !

    Hi Michelle! Glad you've got the problem figured out! Just curious, how did you know for sure it was gapeworm? I've never had it and am interested in learning more. I've read some posts on this forum about it that said that if you shine a flashlight down their throats you can actually see...
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