IdahoPatriot
Chirping
- Jun 18, 2016
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I've read countless threads on gapeworms, but no one has shown any pictures of the eggs in the poop/feces so I can tell if my little lady has them, or is having trouble breathing due to another issue. Nor has anyone described where her trachea is located. I found an illustration, but without a key to the numbered body parts. See link below.
She has no runny nostrils or any sort of mucus anywhere.
I though she might have gotten something lodged in her throat/trachea, but I don't even know where to look exactly. I have looked down her 'throat' while holding her beak open and it looks like a huge tube and it goes way down her neck, which makes me think it is her esophagus. I did find this one post with a illustration of a chicken's beak and neck and it labels two tubes in the neck, but it is labeled with numbers and there is no 'key' to tell me which 'tube'is the esophagus and which is her windpipe - 1 or 2??
LINK >>> illustration
PLEASE can someone post pictures, actual photos of the eggs as I would see them, and, some sort of guidance on where her trachea is located.
I do not need a huge discussion about if it is, or is not, gapeworm as much as I need fast answers to diagnose. What do the eggs look like in their poop, and where is her trachea is actually located so I can try to swab for the worms as I have read about as another possible way to verify if she does in fact have gapeworms, or not.
I know that they're not 'common' and some have even said they are rare in chickens - fine. I just want to verify or eliminate them as a possibility.
She has no runny nostrils or any sort of mucus anywhere.
I though she might have gotten something lodged in her throat/trachea, but I don't even know where to look exactly. I have looked down her 'throat' while holding her beak open and it looks like a huge tube and it goes way down her neck, which makes me think it is her esophagus. I did find this one post with a illustration of a chicken's beak and neck and it labels two tubes in the neck, but it is labeled with numbers and there is no 'key' to tell me which 'tube'is the esophagus and which is her windpipe - 1 or 2??
LINK >>> illustration
PLEASE can someone post pictures, actual photos of the eggs as I would see them, and, some sort of guidance on where her trachea is located.
I do not need a huge discussion about if it is, or is not, gapeworm as much as I need fast answers to diagnose. What do the eggs look like in their poop, and where is her trachea is actually located so I can try to swab for the worms as I have read about as another possible way to verify if she does in fact have gapeworms, or not.
I know that they're not 'common' and some have even said they are rare in chickens - fine. I just want to verify or eliminate them as a possibility.