I have a 7 month old Cinnamon Queen hen, named Lucy, that has been gasping for air for going on 2 weeks now. What is strange, is it is not all the time. She will sit under the coop for a while, just gasping and wheezing. Her comb and wattles start to turn purple. But then she will just snap out of it, and start walking around scratching, eating, drinking, and even chasing off the younger hens. Her comb and wattles will turn a nice bright red again. Then later, she'll go back to stretching out her neck and gasping and wheezing again.
I have 11 hens in total, none of the other hens have any symptoms of any illness. Lucy also has no other symptoms. No discharge from sinuses, no swelling of the face, no watery eyes, no "external" blood, no signs of mites, no visible injuries, and no visible blood or worms in stool.
I have treated the entire flock's water with TiaGard for a week. No change. I have dewormed Lucy alone with Safe-Guard. No change. I tried using VetRx on Lucy for about a week. No change. I treated the entire flock's water with FlockLeader Recover 911 (electrolytes, probiotics, prebiotics, and oregano). No change. I tried segregating her, but when she snaps out of her gasping, she gets rowdy and I worried about her hurting herself.
I really have no idea what is wrong with her. My hens all have a 10'x18' coop and a 20'x30' run. They are not free range. I have also changed their feed, to no resolve.
But like I said, she eats and drinks, albeit not as much as she should. She has lost some weight. But I check her every night, and she always has some food in her crop. And she poops, albeit small ones.
Sorry about the long post, but I wanted to cover as many of my bases as possible. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. The other girls haven't been too aggressive with her yet, but I'm worried that I'll go out to the coop one day, a see a pecked to death chicken. Thank you.
I have 11 hens in total, none of the other hens have any symptoms of any illness. Lucy also has no other symptoms. No discharge from sinuses, no swelling of the face, no watery eyes, no "external" blood, no signs of mites, no visible injuries, and no visible blood or worms in stool.
I have treated the entire flock's water with TiaGard for a week. No change. I have dewormed Lucy alone with Safe-Guard. No change. I tried using VetRx on Lucy for about a week. No change. I treated the entire flock's water with FlockLeader Recover 911 (electrolytes, probiotics, prebiotics, and oregano). No change. I tried segregating her, but when she snaps out of her gasping, she gets rowdy and I worried about her hurting herself.
I really have no idea what is wrong with her. My hens all have a 10'x18' coop and a 20'x30' run. They are not free range. I have also changed their feed, to no resolve.
But like I said, she eats and drinks, albeit not as much as she should. She has lost some weight. But I check her every night, and she always has some food in her crop. And she poops, albeit small ones.
Sorry about the long post, but I wanted to cover as many of my bases as possible. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. The other girls haven't been too aggressive with her yet, but I'm worried that I'll go out to the coop one day, a see a pecked to death chicken. Thank you.