chicken vomit?

[jesskoot]

As I was watching my hens chase Cheerrios this morning, one picked up a Cheerrio, dropped it, and then threw up what looked like water...and then devoured the Cheerrio and many more. I have never seen that happen before - do chickens vomit? What was that stuff?

 

[Quillgirl]

They do indeed vomit when their crop is too full. Perhaps she'd had too much water and wanted to make room for more cherios. It is slimy/mucous-y. Just make sure she isn't engorging herself to the point of always overfilling her crop, which can stretch it out and lead to crop statis.

 

[sookiesmom]

I'm so glad I read your post because I have one that does it every once in awhile. I put a post in the sick section but nobody had any answers. I notice mine do it after they drink water. I was worried, but knew they were eating & drinking fine. Happy I got an answer.