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[faverolle38]

My salmon faverolle Maggie has been making a strange noise like a high pitched cough for about 6 weeks , some days I may hear it a couple of times and other days I'm not aware of it .

She has no other symptoms , she is active , laying and eating and drinking. I have Apple cider bungee in her water and I'm feeding her garlic , I have also tried olive oil on bread.

Any advice would be great as I am worried it may be a respiratory problem that may turn fatal at a later date.

[Plum]

I hope my experience helps. My bantam orp had it from being young and lived 6 years.

 

Occasionally she got rattly breathing, if it was just in her throat and nose I did nothing but if she was chesty she had 3 days of Tylan but that was rarely, maybe once a year. The vet never told me what this cough (snick) was but I think it was a problem with an airsac. She had a good life.

 

I'd be interested in others experiences.

[Hippie Chick]

When do you hear the cough? Is it throughout the day or at the same time? It may not be the same thing at all, but my Sussex makes a high pitched cough at the end of the day when she's been stuffing herself last thing at night and her crop is really full - it appears to be her way of hiccupping or settling her crop. I believe she stops doing it when she's had a drink.