Sooo much pooping

[Egghead68]

Dear all,

 

One of the ex-batts to whom I am auntie seems perfectly well in herself by day but if I open the coop at night her breathing is very noisy (or it may be that she is making a noise that is not her breathing). If I take her out of the coop to listen to her breathe the noise stops - it is as though she snores noisily.

 

She has had two courses of antibiotics (a week of baytril and a week of denaguard) and it has made no difference. She has been like this for about a month. She is perfectly lively, eating, behaving completely normally. No sign of hunching, sneezing, respiratory or joint problems by day. Poo normal looking.

 

I know that she has underlying mycoplasma (as do the whole flock) but I don't know whether this is an outbreak or something else (or indeed nothing).

 

I am tempted to put her somewhere else to sleep and monitor her in case it is an allergy to her bedding or something.

 

I would be grateful if anyone has any ideas.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Egghead68]

I think maybe she is indeed snoring. There is a video on youtube of a chicken snoring and it sounds just the same.

[Beantree]

Hi Egghead68. Could be snoring, as our cockerel does that. If it is only at night and it stops when you pick (wake) her up, that's the most likely. An allergy will have daytime effects as will Myco. So I think snoring.

[Grandmashazzie]

Gosh I never would have guessed chickens snore

[Egghead68]

Thanks both. Yes I am now pretty convinced it is snoring/sleep-related. She really is absolutely fine when she is awake (thank goodness).