Possible Gapeworm?

[Dance_in_Fire]

This is my friends hen, she hasnt been laying in about a week and has recently started doing this. It sounda like hiccups and she sent me this video i am really suspicious of gapeworm infections. What is best treatment?
She is still eating and drinking okay.

 

[Isaac 0]

Gapeworm is not very common with chickens, but if you want to rule out the possible cause of it being Gapeworm, you can pick up some SafeGaurd Liquid Goat Dewormer, and dose at 0.23ml per pound orally for five days. Valbazen can also be used. As, an alternative, you could collect some fresh poop samples from her and bring it into your vet and ask for a fecal float.

Does she usually do this when she eats, or is it all-day? Especially if you only offer feed a few times a day (I'm guessing you are), and use crumbles, birds often eat too fast, and get crumble dust in their nares and throats, showing signs similar to your hen.

Any eye or nasal discharge? Any lesions or plaque deposits in her mouth?

 

[dawg53]

It's not gapeworm. The hen most likely inhaled feed or feed dust and ended up in the trachea. Nothing can be done unless the hen expels it on her own somehow.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

This is my friends hen, she hasnt been laying in about a week and has recently started doing this. It sounda like hiccups and she sent me this video i am really suspicious of gapeworm infections. What is best treatment?
She is still eating and drinking okay.

Agreed, likely got some feed stuck.
The other hen beside her is adjusting her crop quite a bit as well.
Provide feed free choice, make sure they have plenty of fresh water.
Grit (crushed granite) available free choice as well.
Check crops first thing in the morning before they eat/drink, the crops should be empty.

The one hen that's doing the cough is also trying to eat more than the other (competition). Not sure what's in the container. If it's a treat like scratch, scatter a very small amount so they aren't right on top of one another competing. This may help with her hoovering behavior and lessen the possibility of her choking.