Is my chicken choking now? Emergency! help please.

JuliaSunshine

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My chicken is breathing heavily making a weird sound and keeps closing her eyes all of a sudden. In the video, we were massaging her crop and neck in case she choked on something.
Please see the video.
What's wrong with her? Her comb and wattles are a little purplish.
Her crop seems not full at all. No sneezing or coughing.

EDIT: She calmed down quite a bit. I called someone who worked at a vet clinic and she said it sounded like regurgitation that was aspirated. I'll keep her separated and watch.
In the second video, the breathing sound is not as loud or fast but it's still a bit heavy and wet.
I'm crossing my fingers.

 
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If she's breathing, she isn't choking. And the crop has nothing to do with her airway. Two completely separate tubes.

What you're hearing is fluid in the top of the trachea. It's probably temporary. Her color is good, so her lungs and heart are probably fine. She may have drunk a lot of water. Sometimes it overflows from the esophagus and a little gets sucked into the trachea. This is not dangerous. It almost always clears up on its own.
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