Could this be Gapeworm or Respiratory disease - photos

[crazy chook]

Hi all, please help

This chook is roughly 16 weeks old and started gasping for breath late yesterday. I first thought because i had just after I had fed them and it had eaten too much and was being a pig!

Still doing it today and I have separated it from the rest of the flock.

Could this be gapeworm or some kind of respiratory disease?? Forgot to mention he closes his eyes alot too.

 

[spish]

you say it started just after you fed them, could i have something stuck in its throat? did you have a little look down there?

is there any discharge from the eyes/nose/mouth?

if you get a q-tip/cotton bud and gently sweep in the mouth/throat, if its gapeworm you should see small worms on the q-tip, i believe they have a forked head or tail?

 

[crazy chook]

Thanks, I hope that is all it is.

No discharge at all. I will try in the morning to swab, its too dark now.