chick choking? please help!!!

[arabookworm]

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?

 

[kinnip]

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.

 

[silkiechicken]

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