My chicken Carrot has been breathing with her beak open. This has happened for a while and haven't really thought much of it because I thought it was that she was puffed out when I was trying to catch and hold her, considering I primarily used to hear it when holding her. She has been doing it more recently without the need of me holding her, she has also been making whimpering-cry like noises when she's breathing, or eating, or sometimes just standing there. Yesterday, Carrot was making squawk-like noises for around 10 minutes where she stretched out her neck and opened her beak wide open (same time I noticed the breathing from when I used to hold her being more common). Assuming there was something blocking her throat or digestion, I isolated Carrot with water for several minutes with (watered down, mushed up, warm) layer pellets, in hope of her eating/drinking to dislodge anything. Carrot didn't drink any of the water (at least when I was looking) but stopped and acting like nothing happened, apart from the audible breathing. I've thought maybe it's a respiratory issue? She also coughs/sneezes a lot (not sure which one, but has become increasingly common since the squawking).
Carrot is a Langshan chicken, got her October 2023 where she was roughly a year old, so she is roughly 2 and a half years old. I don't know if she was born with this or picked it up, out of her and her four sister Langshans, I do believe she might've been the runt because she is smaller and looks slightly different compared to her sisters. What do you guys suggest I do? Is it something I can't help her with myself? Can it go away it if it's infectious, and is there a treatment for her?
Also worth noting, the first time I noticed this behaviour (the squawking) was when Carrot ate a big earthworm while it was alive, I did the same comforting method of isolation, water, and specific food. That could've stemmed yesterday due to the mass rain locally.
Carrot is a Langshan chicken, got her October 2023 where she was roughly a year old, so she is roughly 2 and a half years old. I don't know if she was born with this or picked it up, out of her and her four sister Langshans, I do believe she might've been the runt because she is smaller and looks slightly different compared to her sisters. What do you guys suggest I do? Is it something I can't help her with myself? Can it go away it if it's infectious, and is there a treatment for her?
Also worth noting, the first time I noticed this behaviour (the squawking) was when Carrot ate a big earthworm while it was alive, I did the same comforting method of isolation, water, and specific food. That could've stemmed yesterday due to the mass rain locally.
