I have a barred rock gal that was given to me several months ago. Quite a nice one actually. No clue of her age. Her bones in her backside feel like there is enough for eggs to pass (at least two fingers wide) and I think she used to lay, but isn't now. She is a very nice bird, did I mention that, bigger than the other ones I have. But age, she could be an old mamma.
She has had what I would call a gurgly breathing for about a month. I left her to get better on her own and she hasn't. It sounds like she might have had a cold. but with no symptoms of illness. After seeing that she was not improving, I separated her and gave her some tylan for three days, just in case it was an infection. No improvement.
Yesterday I was watching her closely, as I was sitting on a milk crate in the chickenyard. She is not sick, as I said, she is eating fine, pooping fine, no one else has any symptoms of anything wrong. She just gurgles and opens her mouth wide, odd, I have thought of gapeworm, but only one chicken, not likely me thinks.
Ever looked deep down into a chicken throat while the throat is wide open.
It is the most interesting thing.
This gal, as I said opens her mouth really wide and then closes it. It would seem to me like gapeworm, from what I have heard and read, but what I saw makes me think otherwise. Presently this flock of birds has not had free ranging options yet. They are in their chicken yard, receive scratch once a day and free feeding of layer pellets.
I was sitting infront of her. She was looking at me, she loves me, she is a friendly gal and she opened her mouth. WIDE. I mean so wide that I could see right down into the very back of that long and very wide throat.
What I saw made me really look even more closely.
On the left side of her throat (remember, she opened her mouth so wide and was straight at me, this was simple), I could see some kind of growths, they were white in colour, kind of roundish and there were several. I think this is what is making the sound. The air/moisture of the throat moving around these growth things.
Ever seen or heard of this? I am stumped and thought I would put forth this information here to know if anyone else have ever looked down a big wide chicken throat before. I was amazed at how wide the throat actually is, I would think she could have swallowed a cob size marble if she wanted to. Speak your mind here, let me hear what you all think, smiling. Have a wonderful day, CynthiaM.
I dont' think I could get a picture, unless someone else forces her mouth as wide open as she was displaying to me.....
She has had what I would call a gurgly breathing for about a month. I left her to get better on her own and she hasn't. It sounds like she might have had a cold. but with no symptoms of illness. After seeing that she was not improving, I separated her and gave her some tylan for three days, just in case it was an infection. No improvement.
Yesterday I was watching her closely, as I was sitting on a milk crate in the chickenyard. She is not sick, as I said, she is eating fine, pooping fine, no one else has any symptoms of anything wrong. She just gurgles and opens her mouth wide, odd, I have thought of gapeworm, but only one chicken, not likely me thinks.
Ever looked deep down into a chicken throat while the throat is wide open.
It is the most interesting thing.
This gal, as I said opens her mouth really wide and then closes it. It would seem to me like gapeworm, from what I have heard and read, but what I saw makes me think otherwise. Presently this flock of birds has not had free ranging options yet. They are in their chicken yard, receive scratch once a day and free feeding of layer pellets.
I was sitting infront of her. She was looking at me, she loves me, she is a friendly gal and she opened her mouth. WIDE. I mean so wide that I could see right down into the very back of that long and very wide throat.
What I saw made me really look even more closely.
On the left side of her throat (remember, she opened her mouth so wide and was straight at me, this was simple), I could see some kind of growths, they were white in colour, kind of roundish and there were several. I think this is what is making the sound. The air/moisture of the throat moving around these growth things.
Ever seen or heard of this? I am stumped and thought I would put forth this information here to know if anyone else have ever looked down a big wide chicken throat before. I was amazed at how wide the throat actually is, I would think she could have swallowed a cob size marble if she wanted to. Speak your mind here, let me hear what you all think, smiling. Have a wonderful day, CynthiaM.
I dont' think I could get a picture, unless someone else forces her mouth as wide open as she was displaying to me.....
