Did my chicken hurt her throat? How can I help her?

[eumonigy]

I have two Wyandottes. One recently developed sour crop, so I brought her inside to monitor her eating and try to get it under control. Her sister was left outside by herself. I was thinking she would be okay for a few hours until I could figure something out, but I was wrong and I feel terrible about it. When I came out to check on her she was making a constant rasping sound when she was breathing. I was told that she had spent some time crowing earlier (a behavior she has exhibited before, I assume she was calling for her sister). As soon as I heard her breathing I wrapped her up and brought her inside to see her sister where she is now, but she is still making the same noise.

She seems calm and otherwise normal, but is still breathing that way. I wonder if she could have hurt her throat by crowing earlier? She was totally normal when I brought her sister in this morning. If it is a sore or injured throat, is there something I can do to help her? Any advice would be very appreciated right now.

 

[urbanhenhouse]

This happened to one of mine the other day! I fed her warm oat meal mash, and hung a nipple waterer instead of the standard waterer (I thought it being above her might be helpful). Took half a day, and then she stopped making the sound, and has been fine since. No idea. I kind of think she just had something in her throat? Not sure. Good luck!

 

[eumonigy]

This happened to one of mine the other day! I fed her warm oat meal mash, and hung a nipple waterer instead of the standard waterer (I thought it being above her might be helpful). Took half a day, and then she stopped making the sound, and has been fine since. No idea. I kind of think she just had something in her throat? Not sure. Good luck!

Thank you for the quick reply! I will give it a try and see how she's doing in a little bit - I scrambled some eggs for her to make sure she was eating okay and she gobbled them right up. I felt bad feeding them to her in front of her sister who can't have any right now lol, but I was happy to see her eat. I will make her up some oatmeal now and see how she takes it.