Chicken " Throwing Up"

[Sumatra503]

When you are handling any bird it is best to avoid contact with the front of their breast and neck area. This is where the crop, a small pouch that holds the food before it is sent elsewhere, is located. When the crop is pressed, this reduces the ammount of room for food(or water) and some of it will naturally have to be expelled. Usually back up through the mouth.

Chickens can also vomit when they are overly excited or they drink too fast.

My little Dexter even gets car sick and then pukes in the car!

 

[Shawberrychics]

I have a hen that is very lethargic shes drinking alot of water but she wont eat,and also it looks like to me that shes having a haerd time swallowing

 

[Shawberrychics]

I have a larthic chicken shes not eating and does not hang with the rest of the ch?icks, she drinks alot of water and always throws it up can any one tell me whats wrong with her

 

[Luv our Buffs]

Ihave never sean my chicken throw up until to day after she got bit by a dog

 

[Prairepup]

I have been reading posts on the back yard chicken for some time now but think this may be my first time replying to anything...
Anyway that being said I have had outside chickens for 7 months now. 2 weeks ago I got myself the sweetest little house chicken. She is a serama polish mix. I love her so much and she loves me more than I could have ever hoped for. Today she threw up this watery with a little greens she had eaten. I freaked and my friend said it was ok. She has had her oldest boy for 7 years so I did not worry about it. However I was just snuggling her after she was running around. and she did it again. Scared me bad so searching I went. She does love her water. Anyway I will try not to worry and just enjoy my little song bird. Thank you

 

[ChickyGirl12]

This happened to one of my young chicks one time, i have never seen a grown chicken do it though. This a bit of
a change of subject, but i am new to this and was wondering how to ask questions and stuff. Thanks!

 

[tantricdragon13]

I've definitely seen chicks drink too much, too fast and have some of it come back up. Very rarely have I seen the adults do it though. Though when it does happen, it seems to directly correlate to them drinking A LOT of water beforehand.

When you are handling any bird it is best to avoid contact with the front of their breast and neck area. This is where the crop, a small pouch that holds the food before it is sent elsewhere, is located. When the crop is pressed, this reduces the ammount of room for food(or water) and some of it will naturally have to be expelled. Usually back up through the mouth.

Chickens can also vomit when they are overly excited or they drink too fast.

My little Dexter even gets car sick and then pukes in the car!

Wow, that's crazy! I've never heard of a chicken getting carsick!

 

[chickensrule45]

You're not alone!
My three young girls throw up that water stuff too.
They don't do it very often though.
I noticed when they do it, they don't look sick at all!
It's a normal thing!

 

[krista74]

From personal experience, I would like to add that if you ever pick up your hens and a watery fluid pours from their mouth, there could actually be a problem with an impacted or sour crop. Whilst I have had hens regurgitate water very occasionally (normally in hot weather after they have scoffed a whole lot of water too fast), I always make a point of checking the smell of the water which was expelled as well as the smell of their beak area.

A sour crop occurs when a hen consumes a large quality of water in an attempt to 'unblock' an impacted crop (caused by eating longs grasses, pieces of string and the like which ball up, causing a blockage in the crop.) The result is that the crop fills with a 'sour' watery/grainy acid type solution, and there is a distinct smell which is easily detected if this should occur.

In that case, treatment would be required for your birds. Unfortunately I learned all about sour crop the hard way - I was too late to save my girl. But I just wanted to reiterate the importance of keeping an eye on things. Sometimes what can seem like nothing is actually a sign of something.

- Krista

 

[chicken rex]

can you halp me my chicken today and yester day was just standing thir so when i pick her up she thruw up what do i do