I need help? Chickens are sneezing while eating?

[mrsizzy71]

I noticed this afternoon while feeding my chickens while a few of them were eating they sneezed? I don't know if they are sick or just while they were eating they got some in their nose or throat, because they were very excited!? Any one experienced this before?? Just worried a little for them. Thanks a lot!

 

[elite8]

I have one hen that does that. Don't know why but she is healthy doing fine

 

[chooniecat]

I had a chicken doing this and took her to vet(can't afford that kind of thing now but did it at the time) and had researched prior to going to vet and could have saved myself tons of money just going with my assumptions/diagnosis by just treating her/rest of chickens with ivermectin injectable(given orally) as I thought it was Gapeworm and that was the vets diagnosis also. It sounded like sneezing and researched discribed it as coughing so guess they could be one and the same.Point being its a product given by some routinely for deworming and if your chickens haven't been dewormed may as well try a couple of Ivermectin treatments if possibly Gapeworm. I now routinely worm 1x a year and had read that Gapeworm wasn't as common as some other parasites but since its happened on my property already I just use the Ivermectin for deworming also as thats the only thing, I believe, that will take out gapeworm(just in case?)

 

[mrsizzy71]

Thanks I'll try anything, but I'll watch them this afternoon and see if they are sneezing threw the day too!