Cockerel hiding in coop all day, "vomiting" clearish liquid.

[Sonya9]

I never ended up doing this, so no worries on that part. Its crazy though, because when you Google sour crop, 99% of anything I found said to do this and not much else.

I have heard of chickens aspirating when they are forced to vomit and that can be fatal (plus is a horrid way to die). Then again forcing anything to vomit carries that risk since they are not in control of it.

Not saying this applies to you, but it does seem there are a lot of chicken keepers that don't have the sense God gave a turnip when it comes to these things.

 

[ManWithChicks]

I don't like the way that poop looks, but if all he had was water, then let's look at it tomorrow when you give him a bit of chick starter. I would see if he would eat some wet chick starter, if not dry is o.k.

So he's had some starter(just a few tablespoons worth), here is his most recent poop. The red thing is just a pepper berry that fell from tree, not something he pooped out.
His crop isn't huge currently, ill check in an hour or two.

 

[ManWithChicks]

His crop is definitely still bulging weird. When he is sitting down you can see it popping out like a little balloon. It looks almost centered, vs more on the right.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Have you ever de-wormed or treated him for Coccidiosis?

 

[ManWithChicks]

Have you ever de-wormed or treated him for Coccidiosis?

I haven't treated him for anything before. He's been healthy until now.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I haven't treated him for anything before. He's been healthy until now.

You have him separated out and he's got his own food/water?
I would be inclined to treat for worms and Coccidiosis as well, but others may have better suggestions.

Corid can be found in the cattle section of TSC, this treats Coccidiosis (dosing below). For de-worming, I would use Fenbendazole (Safeguard) at 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally for 5 days in a row.

 

[ManWithChicks]

You have him separated out and he's got his own food/water?
I would be inclined to treat for worms and Coccidiosis as well, but others may have better suggestions.

Corid can be found in the cattle section of TSC, this treats Coccidiosis (dosing below). For de-worming, I would use Fenbendazole (Safeguard) at 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally for 5 days in a row.

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Yup, hes only joining the flock at night to sleep with them and wake up with them. Then I go and put him in his own area(adjoining his normal run) for the day with his own water and food when I feed them.
I actually have corid here at the house and was wondering if I should just try it.
Ill acquire Fenbendazole today hopefully.

Thanks for all your help. Today was the first morning his crop was feeling normal. Hopefully it improves.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yup, hes only joining the flock at night to sleep with them and wake up with them. Then I go and put him in his own area(adjoining his normal run) for the day with his own water and food when I feed them.
I actually have corid here at the house and was wondering if I should just try it.
Ill acquire Fenbendazole today hopefully.

Thanks for all your help. Today was the first morning his crop was feeling normal. Hopefully it improves.

You could go ahead and start the Corid, it won't hurt him.

So the crop was empty this morning?

 

[ManWithChicks]

You could go ahead and start the Corid, it won't hurt him.

So the crop was empty this morning?

Yeah, it was completely flat, felt zero bulge. Corid has been started.

 

[ManWithChicks]

You could go ahead and start the Corid, it won't hurt him.

So the crop was empty this morning?

So now his crop is full up again, and 2 of my pullets were sitting there in their run and they just puked up water in front of me.
I felt their crops, and sure enough , although not as easy to feel for, they were also soft like a baloon, but not sticking out as far and not nearly as easy to see.

Now Im really kinda at a loss, seems like I have some pandemic going on. Getting a bit worried.

Here is a poop from the main run, im not sure who made it, but I dont think its normal.