Wheezing hen?

[NancyP1]

My hen is making a really funny noise with each breath she takes. she has been out all day, scratching around, doing normal chicken stuff...now she is under a bench. she has been making this noise all day. Hard to describe....i guess wheezing would be the best choice for sound? Its with every breath. what could this be? Is this something contagious?

 

[Symphony]

Do you have any other hens like this? I had a bantie acting this way and I figured she has mold allergies because it was a humid day and she was playing in moldy hay, so I gave her scrambled eggs with a half a teaspoon of avian probiotics. She hasn't had a problem since. Separate your hen just in case, if you have Sulfadimethoxine, give her 1fl oz added to 2 gallon drinking water for 6 days, if you use this do not eat her eggs during treatment, and wait 5 days after treatment. If you don't have that, make her main diet yogurt for a week.

 

[NancyP1]

she is the only one acting like that. I will seperate her....and try some yogurt. thanks....poor hen.

 

[Symphony]

Hope all goes well!

 

[Country4ever]

I had a hen that would get the wheezes several times after eating scratch. I even took her to the vet once for a bronchoscopy!!
The vet said something might have irritated her trachea and caused this. It was gone the next day.
When it happened again, I didn't do anything, and it went away on its own.
Hopefully yours will clear up soon.
Do you feed them scratch? I think scratch is bad for chickens, for a number of reasons.

 

[NancyP1]

no..I dont feed scratch.....little bit of cracked corn for a treat in the am....free range in the afternoon...plus layer pellets free choice. Just checked her, hubby thought egg bound....I dont think so....going to look up some info on impacted crop.

 

[Symphony]

It's respitory so it has nothing to do with eggs or crop.

no..I dont feed scratch.....little bit of cracked corn for a treat in the am....free range in the afternoon...plus layer pellets free choice. Just checked her, hubby thought egg bound....I dont think so....going to look up some info on impacted crop.

 

[Symphony]

Please keep us updated.

 

[NancyP1]

Well, hubby got home and put her down.

I had a box in the barn all set up for her. She was a nice hen. I really hope the rest of my flock is going to be ok. I have 16 2 week old chicks still in the house, and another 20 eggs in the incubator. I cleaned the coop....opened the windows....Crap.

 

[nuchickontheblock]

Sorry about your hen. I hope your others don't get sick.