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1. Dec 26, 2008 #1
   

   arabookworm Chillin' With My Peeps

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   one of our chicks (2 and a half weeks) keeps opening its mouth really wide without making any noise. could it have something stuck in its throat?

    
3. Dec 26, 2008 #2
   

   kinnip Chillin' With My Peeps

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   You can pry the beak open and look to see if something is stuck. Mine do that gaping gesture often enough to have worried me, until I realized that they had no other symptoms of anything. Gapeworms can make them do that, but if they've never been outdoors, that's extremely unlikely.

    
5. Dec 26, 2008 #3
   

   silkiechicken Staff PhD Premium Member

   

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   https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=115732
   keeping them together!

    

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