somwething stuck in mommas throat

[lindsey8980]

Today I was sitting out with my Chicky babies and I noticed one of them acting like something may be caught in it throat. Not choking but opening its mouth and acting like something may be stuck!

 

[Eggcessive]

Check the crop for impaction or for being full and hard. Gaping is a sign of respiratory disease sometimes, and sometimes there could be a large food particle stuck in the airway. I would look into the throat with a light in case there is some odd tissue in there. Is she making any noises? Gapeworm is a rare type of worm that cancause gaping, but if she is able to eat and drink, that probably is not the problem.

 

[ten chicks]

How old are chicks? Birds will also open and close mouth when adjusting their crop,in this case it is normal.

 

[lindsey8980]

They are about 14 weeks old nice and fat buff brahamas I think she may have just had some thing stuck and cleared it away on her own cause she has seemed to have stopped. I will check more closely in the am I usually drink my coffee and sit out with my girls