My silkie is making strange sound when breathing, I don't know what's causing it. pls help

[Rosanna2000]

When I checked on my silkie today i noticed that she was making sounds when breathing. She acts completely normal, eats, drinks and walks around. There are no vets nearby where I live and the nearest animalhospital is an hour away, I don't trust the vets there as they have previously kill my pet by giving it a too big dose of medicine, and there aren't any vets who specialise in bird in my country. I have no idea what could be wrong with her. If anyone has had a similar experience or just some advice it is very welcome.

Here is a link to a video of my chicken so you can hear the sounds:

 

[Peaches Lee]

Did this noise just start today?

 

[Eggcessive]

That sound is called stridor. In chickens frequently it can be a sound made when a piece of feed gets stuck in the throat and airway. It also could be from swelling or mucus from a respiratory infection. Hopefully, if a piece of feed, it will clear in a few hours or overnight. Offer fluids to drink, and hopefully it will be coughed up and she will be better by morning. If you hear any sneezing, nasal drainage or sphead shaking, that points to a respiratory disease.

 

[Rosanna2000]

That sound is called stridor. In chickens frequently it can be a sound made when a piece of feed gets stuck in the throat and airway. It also could be from swelling or mucus from a respiratory infection. Hopefully, if a piece of feed, it will clear in a few hours or overnight. Offer fluids to drink, and hopefully it will be coughed up and she will be better by morning. If you hear any sneezing, nasal drainage or sphead shaking, that points to a respiratory disease.

thank you, I guess I'll just have to wait then.

 

[Rosanna2000]

Did this noise just start today?

Yes, she was fine yesterday

 

[Eggcessive]

In many cases it stops within hours or by morning. Here is a thread with another silkie making the same sound:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkie-w-possible-stridor.1218528/

 

[Peaches Lee]

Yes, she was fine yesterday

I had this happen with one of my hens, she ate her food way too fast and sounded very similar. It passed by the end of the day!

 

[Rosanna2000]

I just checked on her and she is perfectly fine. Thank you so much for your advice and information it helped a lot!

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad to hear that everything is okay, and that the stridor is gone. I had a hen who used to eat very fast, and a few times heard her make this sound. It always disappeared overnight.