Gurgling Pekin

[SilkieChickStar]

Hi all. I picked up 2 pullets today and they are currently quarantined in their own coop for a while. The Pekin I got is making a gurgle noise when she breathes? She is very acting and happily eating and drinking. Is this a sick chicken?

 

[mkeith93]

Hi all. I picked up 2 pullets today and they are currently quarantined in their own coop for a while. The Pekin I got is making a gurgle noise when she breathes? She is very acting and happily eating and drinking. Is this a sick chicken?

do you have chickens or ducks? pekin is a duck.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Gurgling sounds like she is sick.
Can you have her tested?
Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) and Infectious Bronchitis (IB) are somewhat common as are several other respiratory illnesses. Depending on what it is, it can be contagious and affect you existing flock.
You did the right thing by keeping her separate. Practicing biosecurity between your flock and the quarantined bird will hopefully decrease spreading any contagions. Some illnesses/symptoms can be treated successfully with antibiotics, but the infected bird will be a carrier for life.
After careful consideration and research hopefully you will be able to make a decision of whether or not it is worth the risk of introducing them to your flock.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/disea...tion-mg-chronic-respiratory-disease-chickens/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/78/infectious-bronchitis-ib/

 

[SilkieChickStar]

do you have chickens or ducks? pekin is a duck.

it's also a chicken I only have bantam chickens.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekin_chicken

 

[SilkieChickStar]

Gurgling sounds like she is sick.

Can you have her tested?
Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) and Infectious Bronchitis (IB) are somewhat common as are several other respiratory illnesses. Depending on what it is, it can be contagious and affect you existing flock.
You did the right thing by keeping her separate. Practicing biosecurity between your flock and the quarantined bird will hopefully decrease spreading any contagions.  Some illnesses/symptoms can be treated successfully with antibiotics, but the infected bird will be a carrier for life.
After careful consideration and research hopefully you will be able to make a decision of whether or not it is worth the risk of introducing them to your flock.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/disea...tion-mg-chronic-respiratory-disease-chickens/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/78/infectious-bronchitis-ib/

Thanks for the information. I may have to take her to the bird vet and get her tested. She has stopped the gurgling sound now, I checked on her at sundown. My birds are not even in the same yard as each other so we should be ok in that regard right now

 

[mkeith93]

it's also a chicken

I only have bantam chickens.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekin_chicken

HUH!! You learn something new every day! Made myself look like a butthead. sorry

 

[SilkieChickStar]

HUH!! You learn something new every day! Made myself look like a butthead. sorry

Don't be sorry! It's all good