silkie1472
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- Dec 28, 2016
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Good evening, all!
I have some week old French White Marans, and there is one that I have a slight concern about:
I do not know the gender yet, but this one is just slightly smaller (barely noticeable). Looking at it, nothing appears wrong. It doesn’t sneeze, no discharge anywhere, nor any behavior changes. However, when I pick the chick up and hold it real close, I can hear crackles when it breathes. It has done this since I picked them up from the post office, but nothing has come of it. The other chicks don’t exhibit this, and the chick has no other symptoms. Even looking in its mouth, no mucus is present.
I have never dealt with this before, but does anybody have ideas what may be the cause? It hasn’t progressed any, and it’s not near as noticeable. I would assume an injury, but still, no symptoms. Then I would think infection, but still, no accompanying symptoms or contagiousness.
I posted this a while back on a different forum and didn’t hear anything. As an update for now, I can still hear them up close, but sometimes the other chicks sound the same...but none of them act sick. They eat, drink, and play as if nothing is wrong, which I’m thinking is the case.
I have some week old French White Marans, and there is one that I have a slight concern about:
I do not know the gender yet, but this one is just slightly smaller (barely noticeable). Looking at it, nothing appears wrong. It doesn’t sneeze, no discharge anywhere, nor any behavior changes. However, when I pick the chick up and hold it real close, I can hear crackles when it breathes. It has done this since I picked them up from the post office, but nothing has come of it. The other chicks don’t exhibit this, and the chick has no other symptoms. Even looking in its mouth, no mucus is present.
I have never dealt with this before, but does anybody have ideas what may be the cause? It hasn’t progressed any, and it’s not near as noticeable. I would assume an injury, but still, no symptoms. Then I would think infection, but still, no accompanying symptoms or contagiousness.
I posted this a while back on a different forum and didn’t hear anything. As an update for now, I can still hear them up close, but sometimes the other chicks sound the same...but none of them act sick. They eat, drink, and play as if nothing is wrong, which I’m thinking is the case.
