neck breathing

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    Baby Chick's neck puffs up when she breathes!

    Looking for some help figuring out what is wrong with this 10 day old silkie. She is eating, drinking and otherwise acting normally. It does look like she is having difficulty breathing, and her neck puffs up when she breathes. It is not visible when she is eating, moving, or even while lying...
  2. patienceprudencecharity

    Neck-breathing in an older Welsummer hen

    All, I’ve never seen this before in lots of years with hens. Our Welsummer hen is noticeably breathing using muscles in the neck/?? not sure, but I think it might be that neck air sac expansion and contraction is very obvious. The rest of the flock is fine/ not showing any similar signs. In...
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