My chicken sounds very strange

[gertyaud]

My chick looks and acts healthily, but she has always had a croaky voice. I've been away for 3 weeks and now she sounds very strange. I looked down her throat and found nothing of note (however I am not really sure what a healthy chicken throat looks like).
I'm worried about her.
All assistance will be greatly appreciated.

 

[DotToDot]

Is her beak okay? Are the sounds pained, or just throaty? How old is she? Is it possible that she could be a rooster testing out her voice?

 

[gertyaud]

Is her beak okay? Are the sounds pained, or just throaty? How old is she? Is it possible that she could be a rooster testing out her voice?

Thank you for replying. She is def a hen, and lays beautiful eggs. She doesn't appear to be in pain, except she does stretch her neck a bit. Her beak is fine. She is about 2 or 3 years old.
She roams the yard with her sisters, eats well, is a good weight, and has a good coat. She looks perfectly healthy, except for this coarse voice.

 

[gertyaud]

Thank you for replying. She is def a hen, and lays beautiful eggs. She doesn't appear to be in pain, except she does stretch her neck a bit. Her beak is fine. She is about 2 or 3 years old.
She roams the yard with her sisters, eats well, is a good weight, and has a good coat. She looks perfectly healthy, except for this coarse voice.

Actually, I just gave her a full going-over and I felt a lump in her throat, around where an adam's apple would be if she was human. Now I am more worried.

 

[DotToDot]

Actually, I just gave her a full going-over and I felt a lump in her throat, around where an adam's apple would be if she was human. Now I am more worried.

It could be a respiratory illness. Or the lump could be some kind of worm (Like gapeworm?) How big was the lump/

 

[Lor]

Thank you for replying. She is def a hen, and lays beautiful eggs. She doesn't appear to be in pain, except she does stretch her neck a bit. Her beak is fine. She is about 2 or 3 years old.
She roams the yard with her sisters, eats well, is a good weight, and has a good coat. She looks perfectly healthy, except for this coarse voice.

Did her crop empty over night?
Chickens do the weird neck stretching/movement to adjust their crops. Could this be what she is doing?

 

[Lor]

This might be helpful...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[gertyaud]

It could be a respiratory illness. Or the lump could be some kind of worm (Like gapeworm?) How big was the lump/

I think you're right. I bought some meds for gapeworm, which i will administer today. However, i have found that meds in their drinking water are v difficult to get them to drunk.

 

[gertyaud]

Did her crop empty over night?
Chickens do the weird neck stretching/movement to adjust their crops. Could this be what she is doing?

Thanks Lor, but this has been going on for some time now, I suspect it's gapeworm.

 

[Eggcessive]

The lump you are feeling sounds like the cartilage surrounding her trachea, same as what Adams apple is in humans.