Sneezing/honking with open mouth Araucana

[Chicnz]

She’s 27 weeks old, hasn’t started laying yet. Video attached because I have no idea what she is going through. She’s eating and drinking. She’s pooping. I’m in New Zealand where it’s summer at the moment and gapeworm is rare. Regardless I’ll worm her today anyway but I wondered if anyone has been seen this. Please excuse the narrating. I can’t see anything in her throat. Her eyes and nose are clear. I’m stumped. How can I help her.

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @azygous

 

[Chicnz]

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @azygous

Thank you

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

Of course. Good luck with your chicken!

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like she is adjusting her crop or has something caught in it. How does her crop feel—empty, flat, full, firm, doughy, or puffy? Does she have any puffy areas like air under her skin around her neck?

 

[Eggcessive]

She seems to be gasping a little as well. Do you notice any mucus coming from her beak or is she swallowing any mucus?

 

[Chicnz]

She seems to be gasping a little as well. Do you notice any mucus coming from her beak or is she swallowing any mucus?

It looks like she is adjusting her crop or has something caught in it. How does her crop feel—empty, flat, full, firm, doughy, or puffy? Does she have any puffy areas like air under her skin around her neck?

I hadn’t felt it since yesterday afternoon before she started eating again. It felt empty then.
Now, I can hear bubbles when I feel around. It feels empty, it was hard to find but feeling around I was able to hear the bubbles and she was opening her mouth as if to burb as I felt. I’ve also heard her “tummy gurgling” as ours would. No puffy areas. I’d suspect this is something internal.

 

[Chicnz]

She seems to be gasping a little as well. Do you notice any mucus coming from her beak or is she swallowing any mucus?

No mucus. I can see her saliva when she opens and “retches” but nothing excessive that I thought would cause concern.

 

[azygous]

When did this start? How long has she been this way? You say in the narrative she's eating and drinking but then in the video you mention she's not.

There are benign reasons for sneezing. Dusty feed is one. Eating too fast is another cause of sneezing. Stridor is another. Stridor is caused by something getting lodged in the airway. It can cause hoarseness and even wheezing. I had a hen just this week with stridor. She was back to normal next day, which is what usually happens.

Try wetting her feed for a few days and see if the sneezing stops. This also may disappear on its own in a day or two.

 

[Chicnz]

When did this start? How long has she been this way? You say in the narrative she's eating and drinking but then in the video you mention she's not.

There are benign reasons for sneezing. Dusty feed is one. Eating too fast is another cause of sneezing. Stridor is another. Stridor is caused by something getting lodged in the airway. It can cause hoarseness and even wheezing. I had a hen just this week with stridor. She was back to normal next day, which is what usually happens.

Try wetting her feed for a few days and see if the sneezing stops. This also may disappear on its own in a day or two.

I found her yesterday morning lethargic and by herself on the ground, she wasn’t moving at all so I brought her inside to monitor and get her out of the morning sun, I made a post here (and these videos attached) but I had to make a YouTube account to post a video and by then the post lost all interaction I suppose so I’ve posted again in hope for more eyes.
since moving her inside she started moving around by shuffling backwards, and then eating in the afternoon. She became more aware than she had been when I found her. She has improved but her “honking” and the gagging is still happening.
Thank you for your help. It does seem like she’s chocking or gagging, perhaps massage might help? I’ve dealt with sour crop before, god all sorts of things over the years, but she’s thrown me. I have an Orpington that sneezes after eating, but this was more than that.