Wheezing chicken?

[ehoneybee]

One of our new hens (a year old) sounds like she's wheezing. I notice it when she gets agitated after getting hen pecked by our resident hen.

 

[Eggcessive]

Several things may cause wheezing. It could be a respiratory disease such as mycoplasma (MG,) coryza, or ILT. She also could be wheezing is she has something in her airway. Does she appear ill, look lethargic, or have any nasal or eye drainage, sneeze or cough? How does her crop feel? Is her comb red? Is she overweight or have swelling in her lower belly between her legs?

The risk of bringing in a new chicken to a flock is that they can bring in a disease, or they may pick up something in your flock. Most people confine new birds in quarantine for at lesat 30 days, in case they may be sick.

Here is a good read on the different respiratory diseases along with other common poultry diseases:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044