My six month old Brahma, Buttercup, sort of "yells" sometimes when she eats. My New Hampshire Red, Rusty, did exactly the same thing right before she died, so I'm a tad paranoid. Seems like Buttercup is trying to clear her airway. Is she just eating too fast and clogging things up? Or could she have a sour crop or gape worm or something? Felt her crop, and it seemed maybe a little squishy.
Her diet consists of organic layer crumble with free choice oyster shell, egg shell, and grit. Occasional treats lately have been kale, full fat greek yogurt (thought they might need probiotics... have a few mildly poopy bums), sprouted wheat berries (just barely turning to short wheat grass... just about a couple tablespoons worth of grains shared by nine chickens), and super worms, which I use to call them in from free range time. (Each girl gets about two.)
How do I assess her for either sour crop, gape worm, or something else? Could it be normal? Her behavior is completely normal.
Her diet consists of organic layer crumble with free choice oyster shell, egg shell, and grit. Occasional treats lately have been kale, full fat greek yogurt (thought they might need probiotics... have a few mildly poopy bums), sprouted wheat berries (just barely turning to short wheat grass... just about a couple tablespoons worth of grains shared by nine chickens), and super worms, which I use to call them in from free range time. (Each girl gets about two.)
How do I assess her for either sour crop, gape worm, or something else? Could it be normal? Her behavior is completely normal.
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