gapeworm

Hey everyone! My chicken (rooster, 5 & a half yrs old) has been pretty sick the past one month and i've basically been hand feeding him 3 times a day. I've tried treating him for breathing issue with antibiotics, but it hasnt worked. His neck is twisted (wry neck), his head droops, he stumbles...

Hello, I have a 3.5 year old Buff Orpington hen (one of five) that has been panting and heaving for the past several weeks. I, at first, thought it was the heat, but she's doing it since it's cooled down, too. She molted just fine, as they're all finishing molting. They've all quit laying for...

One of my quail is gasping and stretching her neck out as well as breathing hard, so I'm pretty positive it's gapeworm. She has had access earthworms. Does anyone have any recommendations for dewormers or treatments for gapeworm in quail? There is a Tractor Supply nearby and I'm not inclined to...

Does anyone have any recommendations as to what de-wormer I can use to treat gapeworm? I need one that can be added to water ideally and that is available to purchase in the UK. I've tried looking for safeguard water soluble de-wormer as I've seen it recommended but I can't find it anywhere? I...

Hi there, Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed a few of my chickens stretching their neck out as though gasping for air. Initially I thought nothing of it as I read that it can often be just rearranging the crop after eating and I'd always noticed it after they'd eaten. Then tonight while...

Hi, I had two chickens until yesterday. Now I have one and I'm beyond desperate to resolve this. My birds have been sick for two years now with respiratory issues. I have had the vet out on multiple occasions. I had suggested Gapeworm at one point and he said it wasn't (without testing, just...

I kept on reading about respiratory illness what's the symptoms and the treatment. But the more I read about them, the more I get confuse. I don't know which one is the proper and effective treatment I'll give to my rooster. As of now, I'm giving coryza treatment by giving medicated water...

My chicken is having trouble breathing, stretching out her neck, mouth wide open, strange sound. Wasn’t eating and drinking. I went to Facebook and many people thought gapeworm or respiratory. I gave her .25ml of duramycin as someone has recommended, 1x every other day, for 5 days. She got the...

Okay, this is a long one, but please bear with me; we are desperately trying to save our hen! I have a red sex link pullet (she's about ten months old now) who we got at eight weeks old, and has had a pendulous crop since we got her. It's also important to note that she's always seemed a little...

Are these worms? My chicken Glados has been showing symptoms of gapeworm (gaping, sneezing. No heavy breaths or anything. Other then that shes perfectly healthy) so we put her on some VetRX. Our other chickens started showing symptoms as well. Are these dead worms being expunged? We swabbed her...

Hello, I find a large amount of snails in the yard and garden that I usually throw in a bucket, crush and feed to my chickens. I know that no pesticides are used in our area and had read that snails are safe to feed to chickens. Moreover they quite like them and it's extra protein and calcium...

Hi all, Yesterday I noticed one of my ducks extending her neck and almost looking as if she were yawning, today I’ve noticed 4 of my ducks doing it on occasion and I’ve noticed a few little snicks and coughs, could it be gapeworm and is it transmittable from bird to bird? Or could it be...

Hi Everyone! Could someone give me some advice on this illness? My Brahma hen (approximately 2yo) has been gaping, out stretching her neck, lethargic, not eating much, clearing throat/coughing for MONTHS now. I can only suspect Gapeworm but from research it seems it’s kinda rare. I really...

Several months ago I had a pullet (Olive) that started gaping followed by head shaking. She does it quite often. I took a video and showed it to the vet. Fecal float was negative but she suspected it was gapeworm and sent me home with Safeguard (Fenbendazole) 10% with instructions to dose the...

Hi! So I have five 6 1/2 week old bantam chicks who have been doing that thing where they look like they’re gagging (they open their mouth and kind of stick out their tongue), and they’ve been doing it since they were almost 4 weeks old. At first I thought it was just chick fluff getting in...

Hi, yesterday I adopted a meat bird who was behind her flock growth-wise. She spent the night in my bathtub refusing to eat or drink and exhibiting raspy breath. Today, she finally drank some water and immediately gurgled it all back up every time. Seems clear to me she has Gapeworm, she's...

Hello, I recently agreed to take on a neighbor's flock bc she was moving. One chicken came to me with a sneeze and frequently breathing from an open mouth. She's a friendly chicken and today seems to be more withdrawn. I watched the morning as she opened her mouth to breath and moved her neck...

I have a 2 year old Buff hen who has started waddling when she walks. We have also noted she has tapes in her feces, which I previously treated for in the fall with praziquantel. Now, she has started laying down and gasping for air on occasion, she also cranes her neck back when doing so - see...

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forums so I'm not sure if I'm doing this right! We have a chicken showing some respiratory symptoms, I'm not sure if it could be gapeworm or something else? Here is a video of the gaping behavior she has been doing: I've called around to a few vets and have not found...