Chicken with breathing problem

[billyboy1111]

So one of my chickens of which I posted here about 5-6 years ago when she was sick with some digestive problem and was healed-now she's about 8 or 9 years old and she has some sort of breathing problem. I can hear some sort of rattling going on in her chest and then she seems fine she seems lively but then she opens up her beak a lot wide open like she's trying to breathe so I gave her this vet thing I have I forget what it's called but it's like vicks vaporub for chickens and it's helped in the past but I don't know if this is going to be enough because there's a lot of rattling in the chest.Shes eating and I don't see her sad or anything but she does have that breathing thing where she'll open up her beak like trying to swallow so I went in rubbed her chest, her neck to see if something was lodged in there and she's stable I guess.I'm trying to get rid of it with the Vicks thing is anybody have any suggestions?

 

[Eggcessive]

Be careful rubbing her chest if you accidentally squeeze her crop. Her crop in her upper to mid right chest has food and water in it during the day, and should empty overnight. Feel of it in early morning to see if it is functioning. Sometimes they can have rattling due to crop contents coming back up into the throat. Does she gag or adjust her crop as something is stuck in her throat? She is quite old and they can have a chronic respiratory disease, or suffer from reproductive or crop problems that slow the crop from emptying. It sounds like you have been using Vet Rx, which is similar to Vicks. Let us know what her crop feels like. Also let us know if she has any mucus from her nostrils or beak, sneezing, or watery/bubbly eye. Those are signs of a respiratory disease.

 

[billyboy1111]

Thanks a ton for the reply. No she doesn't gag and the crop feels fine. Every time I rub her with the vetrx,she seems to get better but after a day or two she begins to open beak wide and the rattle comes back. Eyes look fine,but she does have the occasional sneeze.

 

[Eggcessive]

Check her crop tomorrow morning to make sure that it is empty and flat, and let us know.

 

[billyboy1111]

Check her crop tomorrow morning to make sure that it is empty and flat, and let us know.

I will and thx.

 

[twocayugas]

This does sound just like my girl! Hoping we can both figure this out.