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How old is she? Birds with an enlarged heart will have trouble breathing, I've have several senior birds, even a 3 year old with this condition, eventually honking to exhale. If your bird has a runny nose, bubbly eyes, swollen face, coughing, then you might suspect a respiratory ailment. Gape worm is incredibly rare, but you can test for it by taking a clean q-tip and swabbing the very back of the mouth and throat, if she has Gape worm, thin red stringy looking things will be on the Q-tip.
You might post in our Emergency forums for more help. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/
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No other hens are showing signs of respiratory distress?
Can you post pictures of her?
Can you record some video of her breathing issues, upload them to YouTube or another online video platform then post the link here?
Yes. @TwoCrows gave you the link above, but here it is: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/Is the emergency site on BYC?
Hi, welcome to BYC! It's nice to meet you. I would post this on the injury forum, and see what answers you get. Hope you get some good ones!Hi
Id say about a month ago we had one of our hens start sounding like a Dove and sometimes a kitten. We had some things going on so just jept an eye on her. All her behaviors are normal eating drinking walking laying eggs… its justvher breathing.
It eventually seem to get worse sobwe brought her in and started different treatments on her. She seem to improve some sobwe put her out with other chickens cause we had to go away for a few days. When we got back she had gotten worse so shes back in on treatments and had improved some.
She cant crow , she screeches almost like she has a sore throat. She cant eat bread or apples very well. I think because of dryness and the hardness. She looks like she struggles to breathe, yet is very active.
No coughing up of blood . Could it be gape-worm and if so how do you treat it? Any other ideas?