Can hens vomit??

[Lellyjelly]

One of my ladees stayed in bed this morning, so I went to get her; picked her up and watery stuff came out of her beak. She carried on dispensing this while I took her into the kitchen to give her some NutriDrops. She took the drops OK, but then dribbled some of it out. So I massaged the croup and loads of brown stuff projected out including bits of grain (the brown stuff was probably the drops). It didn't smell totally revolting, but did make me want to throw up, which I'm not usually prone to doing! I washed her throat and neck and plopped her outside to see how she would get on with the water-and-sweetcorn treat I'd put out for them just now. It's very hot here at present, well hot for England at about mid to high eighties, so I'd put some frozen corn in water for them to "corn-bob", but she is not interested in it. I'll try dropping water into her beak so she doesn't dehydrate. Any suggestions please?

 

[Gen9]

Maybe it's sour crop?
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[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Lellyjelly, and

! Happy you joined our community! Good advice above! Best wishes!

 

[sourland]

Maybe it's sour crop?
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Welcome to BYC, and good luck at resolving her problems.

 

[drumstick diva]

while waiting for answers, I would keep her in a cool, shady place (basement, whatever, in case it is heat related. You know chickens are wearing heavy coats of feathers in the heat.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your hen.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[Lellyjelly]

Well, in the end I took the vomiting hen to our local small animal vet, where I take the dogs, as they also do some farm animals. Vet examined her, stethoscoped her, took her temperature etc. Didn't think it was sour crop. Told me it could be a blockage (eg perhaps a tumour?) and to make sure she got plenty of water, gave her antibiotic injection including an anti-inflammatory and some more to give her over next few days. A week later, you'd think nothing was ever wrong with her! So although it cost me £20, I feel it was A Good Thing to have done.

However, now I have another hen with a totally different problem. This one (she has a name - Mabel) is also an ex commercial layer I have had for about two years. She arrived with very few feathers and still only has three tail feathers, so she is quite distinctive. She has had watery diarrhoea for a couple of days, very thin, not eating or drinking and just started apparently finding it difficult to walk - she loses her balance then just sits down. All her red bits are still nice and red and she looks quite aert when I go to her, although she seemed to be sleeping quite a lot today. I had to put her in to roost last night as she didn't follow the others into the coop. I lifted her out this morning and she has been just sitting all day. She is presently sitting on some bedlinen in a large box in our living room. She is not keen to take any food or water from me, but I have managed to syringe some water mixed with a little honey into her mouth and she has swallowed it. Also gave her .5ml of the antibiotic left over from the vomity hen.

I have a feeling she may not still be with us tomorrow, any ideas please?