Chicken Shaking Head and Vomiting while holding her.

[smcchickens]

Hi All,

This morning I was holding my 6 month old Plymouth Rock when she suddenly started shaking her head and spitting out a clear liquid from her beak.

Some background information about this chicken:
- She has always been a healthy chicken and has been since we got when she was a week or two old
- She has just started laying eggs for approximately two weeks and is laying roughly 5 eggs a week
- Our chickens are normally relatively free ranging although we have just fertilized our lawn so they haven't been out of their coop (which is plenty large enough for the 3 of them) for the past few days
- This chicken has taken being cooped up especially hard and keeps trying to dig out of the coop
- The chickens always have access to enough food and water and are regularly given food scraps

It would be most greatly appreciated if anyone knows what this is or if it is possibly due to the stress caused by being cooped up for the few days.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Eggcessive]

It could be as simple as you may have pressed on her crop when you held her, and she spit up. I would feel the crop throughout the day when it should be empty first thing in the morning, gradually filling up during the day. If it feels hard or doughy, or puffy like a balloon, and does not empty by early morning before she eats, then impacted or sour crop might be a problem.

 

[smcchickens]

It could be as simple as you may have pressed on her crop when you held her, and she spit up. I would feel the crop throughout the day when it should be empty first thing in the morning, gradually filling up during the day. If it feels hard or doughy, or puffy like a balloon, and does not empty by early morning before she eats, then impacted or sour crop might be a problem.

Thank you so much for your quick reply! It is most greatly appreciated. I will be sure to feel her crop throughout the day.

Thanks again.

 

[smcchickens]

Thought I would just mention that she has just layed an egg for the day.

 

[chickens really]

Chickens are not meant to be held...With that said ...You must of put some pressure on her crop and she had drank water so it came back up....I'm sure your Chicken is fine....