Bad odor from chickens breathe

[dris73]

My RIR has had this odor coming out of her beak when she breathes which sort of smells like old alfalfa or collard greens sort of a rotten smell. They do eat the greens as a treat a few times a week but noticed there is also the dried alfalfa mixed in with the straw. I started giving her ACV this morning. Any ideas of what it could be that's caysing the smell?
Thank you

 

[deathfromabove]

is therecrop impacted? You can tell when you feel the crop and it feels like a water balloon.

 

[deathfromabove]

Don't know why it did that sorry.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Could be a fungal/sour crop I am thinking? I don't have experience with that though so take with a grain of salt. I would think you would be seeing signs of illness though like a large squishy crop. Not sure! You can search for sour crop on BYC and internet if interested. There is a Tilly's Nest article that is good.
http://www.tillysnest.com/2012/01/crop-issues.html


Another thing that causes bad odor is a certain respiratory disease- but you haven't described such a thing.

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm glad you joined us!

It sounds like your hen has sour crop. I would be sure to check out the link that ChickensAreSweet gave you. Also, I'd recommend posting in the Emergencies section of the forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures

Good luck with her!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

Here is an article from our learning center on how to treat a bird with this bad breath, and all other crop issues....https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments

Good luck and I hope you can get your bird back to good health soon!

 

[dris73]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I will research sour crop since I've never heard of it.

I also just realized I posted in the wrong thread I just joined tonight

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to BYC!

I'm glad you joined our "flock"

I'm sorry to hear about your hen!

I would post in the Emergencies section for some more good answers. Best wishes to you and your hen.

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope you hen will be okay. I wonder if she has impacted crop.

 

[dris73]

I'm thinking she does but she not showing any symptoms of any sort and no swollen crop but I'm still researching