Choking to death?

[WildBillHicks]

My step father had two bantam hens. He found one of them dead the other morning. He said the day before she was making a choking gesture but then she would eat and drink so he thought nothing of it. The next day she's dead. He didn't take her to a vet or anything, he just assumed she choked to death. Is that possible if she was able to still eat and drink? I'm confused.

Thanks

 

[DaughterOfEve]

Choking? The only thing that pops into mind is Gape worms. Oh and possibly an impacted crop but usually with that the bird will refuse to eat. Mystery.

 

[WildBillHicks]

Yeah choking didn't sound plausible to me.

 

[Rocketgirl]

I was watching a youtube video the other day about a duck that had a flap-like growth form over the trachea. It looked like the duck was choking but when the flap would dislodge it was ok for a bit. Maybe something similar happened. Here's the link in case you'd like to pass it along:

 

[WildBillHicks]

saw some vids on youtube of gapeworms. i will show them to my step dad to see if that's what she was doing. thanks