Sick pullet, please help!

[Judy]

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It's not so much thought to be the cause. It's just that it is a possible and very treatable cause, and it's so easy to identify if you know what to look for. And it will cause some respiratory distress, so a wheezing sound is not at all impossible. Just a simple possibility that's worth ruling out, so worth mentioning to someone who hasn't happened to have heard of it.

I have no idea where it's prevalent, to tell the truth. I've never seen it, just read about it.

 

[rosco]

yeah. one of our birds got gapeworm. it kinda made a "arf-like" grunting noise then extended its neck. it can be lethal if not treated. another comment on gapeworm is that the inspection is not so easy. just try getting a swap from a chicken's throat. not so easy. until the bird is very much infested it will still have energy to give a good fight.

gapeworm is just mentioned so much on this forum you'd think it was the most common ailment. every thread has "gapeworm" mentioned at one time or another.