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Sick chicken

We have a sick Duccle chicken, she is about 2 years old. We at first thought she was egg bound but we could not feel and egg inside of her. We have moved her inside and she is currently in our bathroom, we are giving her water with tums in it(for calcium) and some food with their scratch grain in it. She started having symptoms Friday night and we brought her in on Saturday, right now she has been eating and drinking, but we didn’t giver her food right away mostly just water which I fed her with a syringe, but not she is eating and drinking on her own, she is heavy breathing but when she breathes there is a clicking sound, but I am not sure why, she is able to walk around but is not doing much of it. Do you know what my chicken could be sick with?
 
right now she has been eating and drinking, but we didn’t giver her food right away mostly just water which I fed her with a syringe, but not she is eating and drinking on her own, she is heavy breathing but when she breathes there is a clicking sound, but I am not sure why, she is able to walk around but is not doing much of it.
Check to make sure her crop is emptying over night. It should be flat/empty first thing before she's had anything to eat/drink after a night's sleep.

Feel her body. Is there anything that feels like an air bubble under the skin - underneath her wings, around her abdomen, neck, etc.

She is drinking/eating on her own or are you having to syringe food/water into her?
Did she have issues before you syringed water/food?

If the crop is not emptying, then you'll want to begin treatment https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/
 

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