My chicken sounds like a goat.

[fluffhead]

Hi!

I'm new to posting here, but I've been reading a lot over the past few months. I am a naive city slicker with two hens.

My 7-month old Ameraucana sounds like a goat. On every exhalation, she emits a soft "maaaaaw" sound. Then, occasionally she does what I think is sneeze - a loud, pointed chirp with a shake of her head. No discharge from her nares.

Otherwise, she is acting as normal, even chasing my cat around. Should I be concerned or isolate her? Any other reason she would suddenly sounding like this?

Thanks so much!
Daniela

 

[Chickemee]

I don't know what that could be, I think that you should go ahead and isolate her anyway.

 

[chickbea]

Are these birds you raised yourself or did you get them from someone? Has she always done it or did it just start?

If you don't think it is a respiratory issue, my next thought would be gapeworms, perhaps? I have no experience with gapeworms (thank goodness!), so I'm just guessing, but it might be worth looking into.

 

[Aun <HIS><]

I wonder if one of her nares has something stuck in it? That could cause a whistling kind of sound and the sneeze...