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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: leaswood on September 05, 2013, 11:19:07 am

Title: Hiccups
Post by: leaswood on September 05, 2013, 11:19:07 am

it would appear one of my hens as a bout of hiccups..should I be worried?

Title: Re: Hiccups
Post by: chrismahon on September 07, 2013, 05:15:31 am

We've had this on occasion I think Leaswood? If it is a sort of cough to clear the throat. Lasted several minutes as if they had swallowed a pellet the wrong way. Assume you have wormed them recently with Flubenvet, as gapeworm came to mind otherwise?

Title: Re: Hiccups
Post by: leaswood on September 08, 2013, 08:29:34 pm

thanks..

yes ive wormed all of them but this hiccup with one of them is 4 days in now..she seems fine in every other way, laying as normal no signs of any issue..