Is this a hiccup ? Burp?

[jus10inla]

One of my plymouth has been hiccuping/ burping every so often . Doesnt appear to bother her. What is suggestion.

 

[Isaac 0]

For the video, upload it to a video platform such as youtube or Vimeo, and copy/paste the link here.

Is the hen exhibiting any other symptoms such as sneezing, rattled breathing, infraorbital edema? If you check inside her mouth, with a flashlight do you see any lesions, mucous, or plaque - how does her breath smell? In the morning, gently palpate her crop, and note whether it's full, or not.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Gape worms, though rare, came to my mind in addition to the short list of things to check that Isaac 0 suggested.

 

[jus10inla]

Updated with video

 

[Eggcessive]

It sounds like sneezing and coughing to me, possibly from a respiratory infection. Infectious bronchitis and mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) are two diseases that might cause this. Can you get him off the roost at night and look at his eyes for bubbles or any swelling, at his nostrils for any wet drainage or dirty nostrils, or any mucus inside his beak?

 

[jus10inla]

thats a hen. Been going on about 2 weeks now. Its maybe once every 30-45 minutes ; or when she gets excited and comes runnin to me. Still eating and drinking normal as well.

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes, I was listening mostly and did not enlarge the picture. Dust in the feed or environment can cause sneezing, but respiratory disease are common in some backyard flocks. I would look for the other possible symptoms. When my birds got suspected infectious bronchitis a few years ago, most of them ended up sneezing, and it lasted about a month.

 

[Myrshine]

Was she eating or drinking previously? I don’t always jump to respiratory infections because there’s a LOT of other reasons for the symptoms she’s experiencing. Does she have any watery/bubbly eyes? Or any nasal discharge?