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    Oh, crap, she's sick -- gasping hen

    Thank you Rufus, that makes sense; It's just that I read about giving them yogurt for sour crop and had no yogurt, but did have kefir. She didn't make it. About two hours ago as I was giving her more oil she began to vomit, and I was very encouraged, but apparently she aspirated the vomit...
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    Oh, crap, she's sick -- gasping hen

    I suppose it *could* conceivably be a spider bite, but I doubt it. No poisonous snakes here. We do have possums and raccoons in the neighborhood as well as curious cats. I expect that if it had been a raccoon she wouldn't have been here this morning, the possums have never bothered adult...
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    Oh, crap, she's sick -- gasping hen

    Thanks, I don't think it's heat stress, it hasn't been exceptionally warm the past few days and the other hens are fine. I'm leaning towards an issue with her crop at this point, especially since my son tells me he saw her puking up a little bit of "brown stuff" yesterday. I noticed that she's...
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    Oh, crap, she's sick -- gasping hen

    I have a 2/yo hen (that has been with me for 2 years so not newly brought in) gasping for air, rasping slightly, and she won't get up on her feet. Her comb and face are very bright red and warmer than usual. There don't seem to be any sores or lesions anywhere and her breath doesn't smell any...
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