Hen wheezing slightly

[Jackalope Vigil]

I've been trying to look this up for the past 2 days now and have either stumbled upon conditions that seem WAAAY worse, or people who have had their issues resolved by random stopping or chicken death.

So, my chicken has been wheezing for the past couple of days, it started 2 nights ago. She does not appear to have any sort of behavioral changes, but she also doesn't appear to be eating.\

Her crop feels empty and small. I watched her try to drink water and she looked like she needed to gag after wards. She hasn't puked up her water, luckily, but I am very worried because she is wheezing and not eating.

Please read the video description as well.

 

[GitaBooks]

Videos don't work well on my computer, however, from your description it sounds like she could have wet fowl pox or some sort of obstruction. Could you check inside of her throat?

 

[Eggcessive]

She may have a respiratory infection such as infectious bronchitis, MG, ILT, or aspergillosis which can be caused by mold. Most feed stores carry antibiotics such as Tylan 50 injectable which can be given by mouth 1 ml once or twice daily for 5 days. Oxytetracycline and Gallimycin are two others that you can use in the water for 7 days. Since the disease can be a viral or fungal disease, the antibiotics may just help prevent secondary infections, but will help symptoms in a bacterial one. I would also look inside her beak and throat with a light to see if there is any abnormal tissue (yellow or gray) that could be blocking her airway partially. Here is a good link to read about respiratory diseases: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

I would also put out a bowl of water, or put the waterer on a couple of bricks to prevent the straw from getting into her waterer.

 

[ladyearth]

I got one that occ wheezing too. she is eating fine.. off and on for several weeks
she so active but so skinny. she is prob a little over a year old. I obtained her when she was supposedly just started laying last year...
she is so not want to be handled. only time can do anything to them i at nite while on roost...
COULD it be from ashes from feater dusting under a big shed that has screen and lattice...
tha way I know the shes wont get wet. they were just using dirt various places but its been so much rain...
COULD it be her nose is partily blocked????
Thanks yall

 

[GitaBooks]

I got one that occ wheezing too. she is eating fine.. off and on for several weeks
she so active but so skinny. she is prob a little over a year old. I obtained her when she was supposedly just started laying last year...
she is so not want to be handled. only time can do anything to them i at nite while on roost...
COULD it be from ashes from feater dusting under a big shed that has screen and lattice...
tha way I know the shes wont get wet. they were just using dirt various places but its been so much rain...
COULD it be her nose is partily blocked????
Thanks yall

Is she making sounds with her mouth open or shut. Press your ear to her chest, can you hear any sounds from there?

 

[Jackalope Vigil]

Her mouth is opened slightly when she makes the sounds.
She is now making more of a gurgling sounds. Similar to the one we make when we get a nasty wet flu.
I checked down her throat and didn't see anything. I put my ear to her chest and it sounded wet when she was breathing.

 

[Jackalope Vigil]

Thank you, I'll go get some Tylan for her today.
Do I need to give my other chickens anything? They don't have moldy food, I check it frequently because I had a mold incident once a very long time ago.
Also, she isn't leaking. Her nose and mouth are not runny at all. No signs of discharge, just her wet wheezing.

 

[Jackalope Vigil]

Videos don't work well on my computer, however, from your description it sounds like she could have wet fowl pox or some sort of obstruction. Could you check inside of her throat?

I looked at a photo of wet pose and it showed a yellow mucusy tongue and a sore face. She does not have either of those. No obstructions in the throat as far as I can see, but I'm also not very well versed in chicken diseases. I'll try to take a photo. Again though, I did put my face up against her chest and did hear a wet sound.

 

[GitaBooks]

I hope she gets better!

 

[Jackalope Vigil]

Thanks for all the help.
I bought some Oxytetracycline powder. All feed stores are closed on Sunday except for one, which just so happened to be out of Tylan.

It also says to give her 200-400mg/gal of meds for Infectious Synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviae
400-800mg/gal for CRD and airsac infection caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum and E. coli OR fowl cholera caused by Pasteurella multocida.

So, should I be giving her the dosage for a chronic respiratory disease (CDR)??