Is this sneezing or just chick noises? Anything of concern?

[Echelontheory101]

Hi all

Here is a video of my cream legbar, 3 weeks old she will occasionally make these little pip noises that to my ear sound like a little puff of air. Is this sneezing? Its never louder than this its almost always completely air sounding. And not super often.

They had their first day out at coop yesterday so lots of sandy dust bathing and got the hemp bedding in the brooder today after 3 weeks of puppy pads. She is active eating, drinking, preening, flying around, and otherwise completely normal no wheezing, no weird poops, not lethargic, or puffed up etc. I also checked and her eyes are bright and clear, no discharge, no runny nose etc. It doesnt look like anything is stuck in her nostrils but theyre so small its hard to see up them. They're on medicated kalmbach starter feed with grit and occasional black soldier fly larvae as treats just to get them used to me. Is some sneezing normal? Is this even sneezing? I haven't heard chick sneezing before so not sure what I'm looking for.

She's been making this noise since week one though with no other behaivors and just here and there but it seems a little bit more often today. Trying to keep my anxiety in check could just be the new bedding plus all the sand and ash from dust bathing out in the coop yesterday for the first time. Thanks all!

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi!

Yes, sounds like that's sneezing. Sometimes they just get something stuck in their throats or nostrils and it takes them awhile to clear it. Without any of the other symptoms that you've mentioned, I'd just see how it's doing in 24 hours and watch for any other symptoms to pop up. Hopefully, they just clear whatever it is and will stop doing that!

Good luck. That sure is a cutie!

 

[Echelontheory101]

Hi!

Yes, sounds like that's sneezing. Sometimes they just get something stuck in their throats or nostrils and it takes them awhile to clear it. Without any of the other symptoms that you've mentioned, I'd just see how it's doing in 24 hours and watch for any other symptoms to pop up. Hopefully, they just clear whatever it is and will stop doing that!

Good luck. That sure is a cutie!

Thank you! They've had alot of change the last few days, raised heat plates Friday night, outside in the sandy coop for a few hours yesterday with lots of first time dust bathing, and new hemp bedding from 3 weeks of puppy pads this afternoon so I think like you said I just need to let them settle for a day or two. I used a cotton ball to wipe her beak and nostrils with a tiny bit of VetRX since I read its essentially like our Vaporub but for chickens haha, shes also the most voracious eater of all of them and the chick crumbles are so dusty after they've pecked at them all day. Hoping as she acclimates to the hemp bedding or whatever shes got stuck clears that is stops! Thank you for the reassurance!