breathing difficulties

Hi everyone. For almost 2 months now, my rooster has been suffering from wry neck and weak legs. He also has a breathing issue.. if he stumbles even a little bit, he starts breathing heavily. His nose sounds completely stuffed. He head is almost down to the floor the entire time he is standing...

Hi there, I got a 3 year old serama rooster with a heart murmur diagnosed when he was 1 year old almost. He has been doing well with it just needed more care an attention then any other animal I had. But lately it has been getting slightly worsen, he lost sight in 1 eye and really can't not...

Hello all, my lovely hen recently got attacked by a bobcat but was saved thankfully but this morning she’s not doing too good, she’s sitting with her head down and eyes closed and it seems like she’s doing everything to just every breath, she has a couple big spots where her feathers were...

Hey everyone! My rooster developed a wry neck and had some respiratory issues before. I decided to treat with a 5 day course of tetracycline and also multivitamin drops + half capsule of vitamin e daily. His antibiotics course ended yesterday but there's no improvement. He keeps sleeping and his...

I recently purchased 5 ISA Browns from a nearby farm intending to integrate them into my existing flock of 18 birds, but after handling them, I’ve noticed a respiratory issue. One of the five hens has a crackling sound when breathing (rales?) and occasional mucus from her beak but otherwise...

Hello! I need to start a course of tetracycline for my chicken (5 and a half years old rooster) as he has breathing issue which is not going away. I have tetracycline hydrochloride water soluble vet. It says to give 5 mg per 4.5 litres of water at the back of the package to treat poultry...

Hello everyone! My rooster Brownie is 5 years old and today I observed that he was opening his beak a little bit to breathe (not always but from time to time though right now it has stopped) and was making light sounds while doing it. It sounded alarm bells in my head so I'm posting this. I put...

Hi. I have a problem with Apache le Colosse - my light Brahma rooster : his skin is quickly blackening on his head (crest and wattles). Look at the picture, and you can notice how his skin is dark compared with my dark Brahma : If I am not mistaken, this is caused by a lack of oxygen in his...

Six year old hen that is done laying, sneezing, raspy breathing, breathing heavy. The breathing heavy mainly happens when she lays down, only sometime while standing. They were diagnosed with mycoplasma at two years old but symptoms only started showing a month ago. Or at least I hope that’s all...

Does this look like a prolapsed vent? I feel like i have bought everything to treat it but i just can’t figure out what it is. I feel so bad for her and She’s breathing so heavy and she pushes so hard to poop and just yellow discharge comes out… i have been cleaning it and moisturizing it, as...

He has been having issues breathing at night, he’s fine during the day. It has seemed as though he has been having what I can only describe as sleep apnea. What could be going on? The exotic animal vet I went to seems to be pretty clueless about chickens. I’m in Los Angeles and somehow chicken...

This chick hatched an hour ago. There is a flaw on its beak and when it breathes there is a faint clicking noise. Does anybody have any advice on how to proceed or what may have caused this imperfection? :(

Hi, I have a hen who, for the second time was making a noise when breathing. It’s sort of a squawking sound, like her voice, but she’s gasping or panting. Her breathing is definitely labored. The first time she stopped by the time we got her settled in the garage. The air conditioning was on...

Hey, I rescued this duckling a couple days ago and tonight he started doing this weird breathing. His mouth is open and his who body seems to move. Not sure what’s wrong with him? Everything else about him seems to be normal except for his poop tends to be runny. Just worried he might have...

My rooster is gasping for air. His voice is extremely groggy and his breathing from his mouth. I don't what to do the vet is not available till next three hours. Please help me what should i do??

Hi! These last 2 weeks, my hen has been losing feathers and itching all over, specifically her neck, and has been eating/drinking less and less. At first, I thought she was going through a slow molt with all the itching and feathers she was losing, but many are the fluffy down feathers. She's...

Hey yall, my hens left side of her face inflates and deflates when she breathes. It's like in front of her eye and kind of below and to the side of her nostril area. I'll be honest, my coop isn’t the best, and I know it doesn't have as much ventilation as it probably needs, and it's sort of...

Hello, I’m new to chicken keeping and need your help!! I purchased a 13 month old Salmon Faverolle on Friday the 15th along with 4 other 12-14 month birds. I’ve had her for exactly one week. The man I got her from brought her to me hanging upside down by her feet. While he had her upside down...

Hi all, I have a one year hen who has been mouth breathing constantly. At first we thought it was heat related but she mouth breaths all day and night and the weather has been in the 70s. Her comb is maybe slightly paler than normal but she has been eating, drinking, sleeping, laying eggs and...