Hen Making Strange Noises

[artbykarenehaley]

Hi all!
I was excited yesterday and wanted to post about how in the afternoon Daisy Duchess wasn't wheezing... but today it came back up again so maybe I would have spoken too soon. She sneezed a bit this morning but I want to be sure that it isn't because she was eating at the time that my chickens do at times if they get some food dust in the airway.
I just hope this isn't an infection.. but, as the last few days, she's eating, running round because god knows I have a hard time catching the little handbag, and drinking. Also comb is a bright red and taller than ever.

It sounds like she is on the mend
And now I want a handbag shaped like a chicken

 

[Bags]

Hi me again. Hate to sound like I only come when there is a problem with my flock... but one of my hens, the proxy three year old Daisy, recently has been making a peculiar sound. More like she never stops making noises and I can't discern if she is making her regular cooes or wheezing. She moves her beak slightly as if she is speaking, but honestly I don't want to disillusion myself believing it's a breathing voice. She's eating like a horse and running around fine. Also an egg daily, so this is either noticed early or something else. I'm about to go back out and check on her again to make sure she doesn't have a blockage or anything like that. Coop hygiene is good- being cleaned regularly. I only noticed this behavior yesterday or the day before. I'm really scared because of the things I've been searching online and hope so badly this isn't gapeworm- we finally got through an issue with mites and had to treat that a couple months ago(the coop has since been disinfected and all that) and honestly if this is gape worm I'm going to start believing we are cursed.

Maybe molting? She could be putting on her winter feathers

 

[Cyan the chicken parent]

It sounds like she is on the mend
And now I want a handbag shaped like a chicken

I know right? She is just so tiny and perfect- fits in the crook of my arm exactly like a handbag

 

[Cyan the chicken parent]

Maybe molting? She could be putting on her winter feathers

I forgot to mention two of the other chickens are molting- I assumed she was too... you think that could be the reason? Omg also saw your pfp you have a chicken there that looks just like my baby boy

 

[Bags]

Our rooster is a sweetheart, he never takes anything for himself. Everytime we give him a treat he breaks it up into pieces and offers it to the hens. He's a gentleman!

 

[Cyan the chicken parent]

Our rooster is a sweetheart, he never takes anything for himself. Everytime we give him a treat he breaks it up into pieces and offers it to the hens. He's a gentleman!

Aw that's so sweettt♥♥.
Mine is a bit of a sly one, he'll cluck sometimes when food isn't there to get one of the ladies to keep him company or to dance for her

 

[Cyan the chicken parent]

I'm freaking out- Daisy's wheezing hasn't stopped. A few days ago I felt like it was something blocking her nose and not her throat because she sneezes a few times a day... today she was sneezing more than before and doing some weird thing with her neck and I'm freaking out- like she will start walking sometimes and her neck will lag behind it's so weird and I'm afraid because I didn't treat her simultaneously with garlic for the possibility it was a worm but I fear that it could be one and I'm a horrible chicken parent-

Please help I need to know I'm not a horrible person I need to know what to do

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Get another video of her actions if you can.

Garlic is not going to take care of any worm issues.

 

[Cyan the chicken parent]

Get another video of her actions if you can.

Garlic is not going to take care of any worm issues.

great... garlic was my only option to treat her. that and the goat dewormer I have to check if its safe for chickens. I'll take a video tomorrow and post it here- thanks for the response!

 

[Eggcessive]

Fenbendazole 10% (SafeGuard liquid goat wormer and horse paste) are safe for chickens. Dosage is 1/4 ml per pound of weight, given for 5 straight days for most types of worms. Give it once and in ten days for roundworms only.