10 month old pullet just swallowed plastic toothpick

[Mother of Chaos]

Hey all, my husband had a cherry tomato speared on a “brush pick”, a plastic toothpick approximately 2” long, dropped it, and our Easter Egger ate it.

The brush tip (bottom of photo) is pretty bendy, but the rest is not, and the other end is very pointy.

Will this somehow pass through her system? Is there anything I can do? I think there’s a vet who treats chickens somewhere around here, but I don’t know anything about them.

 

[CherishedFowlGuardian]

Idk

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

1) are you sure she ate it? Like the whole thing?
2) I have seen lots of threads about chickens swallowing earrings and from what I recall they all survive. Finding the earring is a different story
3) I wouldn’t worry. But I am a very low-stress chicken keeper so see what others say. Maybe I haven’t thought it through

 

[Shadrach]

Hey all, my husband had a cherry tomato speared on a “brush pick”, a plastic toothpick approximately 2” long, dropped it, and our Easter Egger ate it.

The brush tip (bottom of photo) is pretty bendy, but the rest is not, and the other end is very pointy.

Will this somehow pass through her system? Is there anything I can do? I think there’s a vet who treats chickens somewhere around here, but I don’t know anything about them.

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If she ate that you need to take her to a vet.

 

[WingItRanch]

The whole thing?!

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

The whole thing?!

This is what I’m wondering. I can’t imagine a chicken just sucking this down.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

If she ate that you need to take her to a vet.

We’ve found one, waiting to see her.

Here’s a very angry chicken in a cat carrier:

 

[WingItRanch]

We’ve found one, waiting to see her.

Here’s a very angry chicken in a cat carrier:
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Good luck!!!!

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Keep us posted!

 

[Vulpes vulpes]

We’ve found one, waiting to see her.

Here’s a very angry chicken in a cat carrier:
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Hoping it goes well!!