Thank you again for the reply!
Two days ago her breathing was hard enough that, after my wife could give her a close look after she got off work, we agreed to take her to the vet. That took up most of the day yesterday.
Everything you said makes sense. After her initial evaluation they did...
Thank you for the reply! Her labored breathing is unusual (very effortful). And her energy/activity level have dropped off drastically in the past few days, while obviously her age hasn't changed significantly...
Intervention is never fun. But we've lost so many who "seemed okay" or "about to...
We have a six year old barred rock that a few days ago became fairly sedentary, and obviously is working (employing effort) to breath. Her whole body moves as any chicken's does when breathing, but the movement is much more pronounced.
She seems healthy otherwise. Comb and waddles look great...