Revan
Songster
So, I have 1 1/2 year old bantam hen (mix breed). She was doing just fine yesterday as far as I could tell, moving around and eagerly eating with the others, but today she was huddled by the water container and not moving. Her crop is a bit inflated (not overly so, but it is noticeable) and squishy, but I wonder if it's from drinking too much as she keeps dipping her head into the water dish, but she drools most of it back out. Her comb and wattles are very pale, and she's kept her eyes mostly closed. She doesn't react at all when I pick her up and move her around other than opening her eyes a little. She just slumps over wherever I put her. Bone structure seems to be fine, so it's probably something more internal. She did poop, and that looked normal.
Any ideas? I'm wondering if it might be sour crop, but the onset of a bad case seems very sudden to me from her being energetic yesterday to looking dead today.
Any ideas? I'm wondering if it might be sour crop, but the onset of a bad case seems very sudden to me from her being energetic yesterday to looking dead today.