22week old chicken slight wheeze

[melissah1010]

My chicken (22wk Easter egged) has a slight wheeze and occasional open mouth breathing. It also looks a little wet where her waddles would be if she had any. Her stool looks normal. She is acting fine, eating and drinking.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Check to see if her crop is emptying overnight and that she doesn't have any lesions or canker inside her beak.

 

[melissah1010]

Check to see if her crop is emptying overnight and that she doesn't have any lesions or canker inside her beak.

I don’t see any lesions, when she has her mouth open, I may need to catch her again and manually open her mouth and look better. Her crop feels fine (I think) I thought it was hard at first but I think I was feeling her neck. It’s not protruding though. I’m going to check again in the am and maybe just give her some probiotic water today. I’m pretty new to chickens these are my first girls, so I appreciate any and all advice. If she worsens I will find an aviary vet.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Check her crop tonight when she goes to roost. It should be full or have food in it.
Check again in the morning before she comes off the roost to eat/drink. It should be empty/flat.
If it's not, then begin treating her.

Yes, you'll have to physically look inside the beak for lesions.

Don't withhold feed during the day.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[melissah1010]

Check her crop tonight when she goes to roost. It should be full or have food in it.
Check again in the morning before she comes off the roost to eat/drink. It should be empty/flat.
If it's not, then begin treating her.

Yes, you'll have to physically look inside the beak for lesions.

Don't withhold feed during the day.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Check her crop tonight when she goes to roost. It should be full or have food in it.
Check again in the morning before she comes off the roost to eat/drink. It should be empty/flat.
If it's not, then begin treating her.

Yes, you'll have to physically look inside the beak for lesions.

Don't withhold feed during the day.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Okay, will do, thanks for the info!!

 

[melissah1010]

So her crop feels fine in the am. I don’t see any lesions. The wheeze went away and then came back. She’s not coughing, there’s no drainage or foul smell (I think the wetness was from her Drinking water, she’s kinda messy and blind in one eye). She was attacked by a hawk when she was 5 or 7ish weeks old and I believe she may have had a pneumothorax so I don’t know if a prior injury could cause intermittent wheezing. She’s not in distress.