Will my chickens comb reattach

[chickenmama109]

So you have a video of his wheezing? One can be posted to YouTube with a link here. Does he wheeze on inspiration, on expiration, or both? Is it all the time? Can you look inside his beak and throat with a flashlight for anything unusual?

It is very low and you can not hear it unless he is close to your ear and yes it is both when he inhales and exhales. They accidentally got to each other yesterday while I was getting there water but there fight did not last a minute, I broke them up and separated them again. I dont know if he will let me look in his mouth but I will try. What could be going on with him

 

[Eggcessive]

He could have gotten a piece of food stuck in his throat or he might have aspirated some water, but I really don’t know. We see some chickens who have a piece of food stuck once in a while, and they have something called stridor. Most of the time it clears up within a couple of hours. Here is a video of stridor, start at about 39 seconds for the sound:

 

[chickenmama109]

He could have gotten a piece of food stuck in his throat or he might have aspirated some water, but I really don’t know. We see some chickens who have a piece of food stuck once in a while, and they have something called stridor. Most of the time it clears up within a couple of hours. Here is a video of stridor, start at about 39 seconds for the sound:

Thank you for the video. my rooster sounds like more lower and just when he breaths but he acts normally. Could he have got some water in his nose while I gave it to him in a syringe. Could that be why he is breathing like this.

 

[staceyj]

Do you remember about how much food mixed with water you were able to give him with the syringe?

 

[chickenmama109]

Do you remember about how much food mixed with water you were able to give him with the syringe?

I did not measure I just mixed but it never really got soft enough to go through the syringe bit maybe a little bit, but I did give him water through it has well.

 

[staceyj]

I did not measure I just mixed but it never really got soft enough to go through the syringe bit maybe a little bit, but I did give him water through it has well.

Did it go down okay or did he cough some?

 

[chickenmama109]

Did it go down okay or did he cough some?

Yes I think it went down ok he never coughed.

 

[staceyj]

Yes I think it went down ok he never coughed.

Ok. Good.

 

[chickenmama109]

Ok. Good.

Could something have happened to his throat while they were fighting. He ate a cucumber this morning so i dont know if he has something in his throat or not but I'm going to try and look down his throat if he will let me.

 

[Eggcessive]

If he is not acting too stressed, I would just have a look, and leave him alone. I don’t like to feed them with a syringe, but just offer it up to their beak in a small bowl. I use chicken feed made soupy with a lot of water, and sprinkle a few crumbles on top, plus I offer cooked egg. If they refuse food after numerous attempts, I don’t force it.