Two month old mouth breathing

[farmgirl2004]

Hello,

I have two month orpington chick that i thought was in good health then today i noticed that she is breathing with her mouth open when she is resting on her perch. We have them in the house right now because we have four that all vary in age our youngest one is less than a month and is small for her age. So i noticed that Peach was sitting on the perch and was kind of gasping for breath so i was just wondering if i should be worried about this or is it just that she is stressed because she is in the cage 24/7. Could we be feeding her to much i keep the food dish full, i do changed the water each day and we clean the cage.
THANKS for the help

 

[jmysgrl08]

Could she be too warm? At two months old she would not need a heat lamp especially indoors. When my girls are hot they
Pant.

 

[farmgirl2004]

Hello,

I have two month orpington chick that i thought was in good health then today i noticed that she is breathing with her mouth open when she is resting on her perch. We have them in the house right now because we have four that all vary in age our youngest one is less than a month and is small for her age. So i noticed that Peach was sitting on the perch and was kind of gasping for breath so i was just wondering if i should be worried about this or is it just that she is stressed because she is in the cage 24/7. Could we be feeding her to much i keep the food dish full, i do changed the water each day and we clean the cage.
THANKS for the help

Well i guess so we dont have a heat lamp on for them , but i guess since she is larger than the rest she could be - i will try to cover them up tomorrow. it is not hot in here now -