Chicken hiccuping

[ladyrider]

My Plymouth Rock chicken sounds like it has the hiccups. She looks really healthy otherwise and is eating properly, and has no discharge from her eyes or nose. The hiccups are coming more frequently, now approx every 1-2 minutes apart.

Our chickens free range in our back yard, but there are no chemicals or poisons used in our garden area. They have eaten a few field mice lately which have been caught by the trap, but none of the other chickens are showing any sign of hiccups. Does anyone know what the cause would be?

 

[Miss Lydia]

could she have something stuck in her throat? how does her crop look and feel?

 

[ladyrider]

I will have a look, but noticed today she is starting to shake her head a bit when she hiccups. Have given her antibiotics incase she has a chicken cold, but they made no difference.