- Oct 31, 2009
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My one year-old Wyandotte has been wheezing since the morning of March 29th. It had rained a lot that night and the wind may have carried some of that rain into the coop.
She stretches her neck out and makes labored breathing sounds when she breathes in and out. I have not noticed her shaking her head as if to get rid of anything in her trachea (i.e. gapeworm).
She allows me to give her water through a dropper, but has not been drinking on her own. She also eats some coconut oil off my finger (has antibiotic and anti-fungal properties).
I have isolated her and am keeping her in the kitchen by the wood stove with some straw bedding. I'm feeding her egg, yogurt, and layer pellets - separately, though she has not eaten any. I have one bowl of water with some garlic in it, and a bowl of water with a bit of molasses in it. But again, she doesn't drink unless I use the eye-dropper.
Her feathers are ruffled, she doesn't move much unless I'm pestering her with an eye dropper. Her energy level has declined from yesterday.
She has not lain a egg since I separated her from the flock. Her poop is normal, though. Her crop seems full, but her weight is down.
None of the other 20 hens show any signs of respiratory problems. The whole flock gets some wormer in the water every once in a while.
There are no vets in the area that will look at a chicken, nor do I trust any to really know what to do. Home-remedy that I've tried so far include: garlic and coconut oil, vix vapo rub with some rosemary oil under the wings and in tiny amounts around her beak.
My boyfriend reminds me to include that the hen likes Desperate House Wives but not Sex in the City.
What can I do for my poor girl? As I have not had any birds with this type of problem before, any and all advice you can offer is much appreciated.
She stretches her neck out and makes labored breathing sounds when she breathes in and out. I have not noticed her shaking her head as if to get rid of anything in her trachea (i.e. gapeworm).
She allows me to give her water through a dropper, but has not been drinking on her own. She also eats some coconut oil off my finger (has antibiotic and anti-fungal properties).
I have isolated her and am keeping her in the kitchen by the wood stove with some straw bedding. I'm feeding her egg, yogurt, and layer pellets - separately, though she has not eaten any. I have one bowl of water with some garlic in it, and a bowl of water with a bit of molasses in it. But again, she doesn't drink unless I use the eye-dropper.
Her feathers are ruffled, she doesn't move much unless I'm pestering her with an eye dropper. Her energy level has declined from yesterday.
She has not lain a egg since I separated her from the flock. Her poop is normal, though. Her crop seems full, but her weight is down.
None of the other 20 hens show any signs of respiratory problems. The whole flock gets some wormer in the water every once in a while.
There are no vets in the area that will look at a chicken, nor do I trust any to really know what to do. Home-remedy that I've tried so far include: garlic and coconut oil, vix vapo rub with some rosemary oil under the wings and in tiny amounts around her beak.
My boyfriend reminds me to include that the hen likes Desperate House Wives but not Sex in the City.
What can I do for my poor girl? As I have not had any birds with this type of problem before, any and all advice you can offer is much appreciated.
