Help needed with hen.

[Amberlovinlife]

I have a two year old easter egger laying hen. I started to notice she’s sneezing daily but today a lot. No mucus or bubbly eyes but yesterday she had water seeping out of her beak almost like throwing up. Im outside right now with another chicken im nursing back to health and noticed while dust bathing she stopped and is gasping for air, and continues to sneeze. Any suggestions???

 

[nuthatched]

Hmm. What's her diet? What's her crop like? What's the dust bath material?

 

[SeaEagle]

Hope she's doing ok. This could be sour crop, or another crop issue, although it'd be good to know what her crop feels/looks like.

 

[Sally PB]

Can you feel her crop? It might help to feel another bird's crop (one that isn't displaying symptoms) for a comparison. What does it feel like? What does the sick bird's crop feel like?

 

[Amberlovinlife]

Sorry everyone for late response. I wanted to verify this morning and check her crop. It was empty so sour crop and impacted crop are out. She is a free range chicken so her dust bath is dirt. Could gapeworm be a possibility? Or respiratory infection?