Video of Chicken Gaping

[smdcleland]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdtDYyH9/?k=1

Here is a video of my girl gaping. She keeps doing this. She was dewormed a week or two ago with liquid Safeguard for 5 days in a row. Any thoughts or advice?

 

[smdcleland]

Please let me know if the video doesn't work. Thanks for any advice!

 

[smdcleland]

Hi everyone. Just checking in. Does anyone have any advice?

 

[nuthatched]

She has something in her crop that she's trying to adjust.

 

[smdcleland]

You don't think it's gapeworm? I did deworm her and she does this all of the time.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdtDYyH9/?k=1

Here is a video of my girl gaping. She keeps doing this. She was dewormed a week or two ago with liquid Safeguard for 5 days in a row. Any thoughts or advice?

Have you looked inside her beak for any lesions or yellow/white pasty material?
Check to make sure her crop is emptying completely overnight, if it's not, then begin treating the crop according to the article below.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[smdcleland]

Her beak looks clear. I didn't notice anything unusual about her crop either. It really is odd.

She has been doing this since she was little (the stage between losing her fuzz and growing her feathers).

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Did you check the crop to make sure it's emptying overnight? Like feel of it first thing in the morning before she's ate or drank to feel that it's flat/empty?

 

[smdcleland]

I did but I will double check tomorrow morning when I let her out of the coop. I'll let you know!

 

[smdcleland]

I checked this morning. I didn't feel anything. It felt flat to me.

She keeps shaking her head. I feel so bad for her.