Help! What's wrong with her?

[azygous]

Gapeworm is rare in the US. I wouldn't waste time on it unless you can look down her throat and see them. You do need to get strong about inspecting her throat. Get someone to help. Wrap her tightly in a towel to confine wings and feet, have someone hold her and pry open the beak wide, and you look inside. Look for any gummy plaque in the mouth and clogging the throat. Look for those gapeworms. You do need to rule these things out.

I'm suspecting she swallowed something and it's stuck in her esophagus which is on her right side of her throat. Look in there.

If you can't do this, you need to take her to a vet and have them do it.

Next, feel the crop and try to think what it is you're feeling. Chickens swallow all sorts of crazy stuff including screws, paper clips, nuts and washers. If you feel something hard and sharp in the crop, give her raw egg whites. It will act as slime to wash a foreign object on down, hopefully.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Gapeworm is rare in the US. I wouldn't waste time on it unless you can look down her throat and see them. You do need to get strong about inspecting her throat. Get someone to help. Wrap her tightly in a towel to confine wings and feet, have someone hold her and pry open the beak wide, and you look inside. Look for any gummy plaque in the mouth and clogging the throat. Look for those gapeworms. You do need to rule these things out.

I'm suspecting she swallowed something and it's stuck in her esophagus which is on her right side of her throat. Look in there.

If you can't do this, you need to take her to a vet and have them do it.

Next, feel the crop and try to think what it is you're feeling. Chickens swallow all sorts of crazy stuff including screws, paper clips, nuts and washers. If you feel something hard and sharp in the crop, give her raw egg whites. It will act as slime to wash a foreign object on down, hopefully.

Agreed.

 

[CoopsNPoops]

Gapeworm is rare in the US. I wouldn't waste time on it unless you can look down her throat and see them. You do need to get strong about inspecting her throat. Get someone to help. Wrap her tightly in a towel to confine wings and feet, have someone hold her and pry open the beak wide, and you look inside. Look for any gummy plaque in the mouth and clogging the throat. Look for those gapeworms. You do need to rule these things out.

I'm suspecting she swallowed something and it's stuck in her esophagus which is on her right side of her throat. Look in there.

If you can't do this, you need to take her to a vet and have them do it.

Next, feel the crop and try to think what it is you're feeling. Chickens swallow all sorts of crazy stuff including screws, paper clips, nuts and washers. If you feel something hard and sharp in the crop, give her raw egg whites. It will act as slime to wash a foreign object on down, hopefully.

Ok. Ill try looking again in the morning. Whatevers in her crop isnt hard so to speak, its just a bit firm. I can squish it if i squeezed hard enough. Maybe like a small ball of grass? Ill check again in the morning to see if its still there too. Would the poop be alarming if it was just something stuck in her throat though? Cause it definitely isn't normal. I watched alot of gapeworm videos and what shes doing is nearly identical. And she has always been free range, so shes more at risk.

 

[CoopsNPoops]

I'm really worried. Im gonna go get her now and inspect. Will i for sure be able to see the worms? What do i do if i see something lodged? Extract?

 

[CoopsNPoops]

Ok. I got a good look. I see no obstruction and no worms. I have given her quite a bit of water and egg white, as well as a tsp of olive oil. It is making it to her crop. Whatever firm was in her crop now seems to be broken up. Im assuming it was what little she ate throughout the day. I have massaged her throat and crop and gave her vitamins. I dont have any antibiotics or wormer as a precaution. Ill pick some up tomorrow if shes still kickin

 

[CoopsNPoops]

Ok. Out of an act of desperation, i have given her a concoction of everything in my home i thought might help, lol. This included water, olive oil, egg white, an albuterol breathing treatment, and pyrantel pamoate. Figured some kind of dewormer was better than nothing. I wish i had an antibiotic to add. Shes now resting in a warm towel lined laundry basket in my bathroom. Shes perkier, but "breathing" hasn't changed. Still the raspy gasping, with a hissing sound upon exhale. Guess we shall see how she is in the morning.

 

[ninja333pirate]

one thing when chickens stretch there neck out and looking like they are yawning it could just be them re adjusting the contents of their crop. my chickens do that all the time.

 

[CoopsNPoops]

one thing when chickens stretch there neck out and looking like they are yawning it could just be them re adjusting the contents of their crop. my chickens do that all the time.

No, its definitely not that. Shes been doing it consistently, with each breath, for 7 hours straight now. Not sure how long she had been doing it before that.

 

[ninja333pirate]

No, its definitely not that. Shes been doing it consistently, with each breath, for 7 hours straight now. Not sure how long she had been doing it before that.

yea that does sound suspicious, like she either has something stuck in her throat, or gape worm, how does her crop feel?

 

[ninja333pirate]

I did see another post left by a user on another gapeworm posting that you can tell for sure if they have gapeworm by swabbing their throats with a cotton swab (the worms will appear as thin red strings).