Does no crow collar cause rooster to regurgitate foam?

Mother_Hen_8

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Hello, I have a 5 month old Rhode Island Red rooster. He was given to us by accident by our chicken farm when we supposedly bought 4 pullets. The farm where we bought him will not take him back, they say there's no way we got him from there, and if there was a mix up I waited too long to bring him in to switch him out. I had no clue he was a cockerel, I just thought "she" matured faster than the rest of the chickens. Anyway, Roosters are prohibited where I live, and I do not have the heart to slaughter him. I love him, so I feel like I do not have many choices. The no crow collar I read up on seems slightly inhumane, but I'd rather him crow a lot lower than have him killed or euthanized if the town takes him away. The passed couple of days I've seen him regurgitating foam. Hes been wearing the collar for two weeks now, and late saturday afternoon it started. Immediately I loosened the collar. There are no poisons or insecticides or anything hazardous near the coop and run or in the backyard itself as I have small children as well. His crop feels soft and slightly firm as if filled with water. A week ago I made the mistake of damping a little bit of their food with water, as I saw how they gobbled it up, but then I read that was a terrible idea so I cleaned out their feed containers. Three days have passed and he's still throwing up white foam. I'm worried and a few of the vets kind of close around here will not see chickens. Help!
 
Hello, I have a 5 month old Rhode Island Red rooster. He was given to us by accident by our chicken farm when we supposedly bought 4 pullets. The farm where we bought him will not take him back, they say there's no way we got him from there, and if there was a mix up I waited too long to bring him in to switch him out. I had no clue he was a cockerel, I just thought "she" matured faster than the rest of the chickens. Anyway, Roosters are prohibited where I live, and I do not have the heart to slaughter him. I love him, so I feel like I do not have many choices. The no crow collar I read up on seems slightly inhumane, but I'd rather him crow a lot lower than have him killed or euthanized if the town takes him away. The passed couple of days I've seen him regurgitating foam. Hes been wearing the collar for two weeks now, and late saturday afternoon it started. Immediately I loosened the collar. There are no poisons or insecticides or anything hazardous near the coop and run or in the backyard itself as I have small children as well. His crop feels soft and slightly firm as if filled with water. A week ago I made the mistake of damping a little bit of their food with water, as I saw how they gobbled it up, but then I read that was a terrible idea so I cleaned out their feed containers. Three days have passed and he's still throwing up white foam. I'm worried and a few of the vets kind of close around here will not see chickens. Help!
The collar might be making it too hard to swallow, but I'd check him over for other issues just to be safe. Is he losing weight? Is his crop filling and emptying normally? Are his eyes and nostrils clear? Poop normal? Behavior normal?

And feeding wetted down feed is just fine. Lots of us here on BYC do it all the time l. Heck, I use it as a treat.
 
Today is the third day, I do not notice any weight change, eyes, nostrils and poop are good. He was a little lethargic saturday and yesterday, today I see him moving around more.

Oh yay! Yes! They seemed to like it as much as a treat!
 
Hello, I have a 5 month old Rhode Island Red rooster. He was given to us by accident by our chicken farm when we supposedly bought 4 pullets. The farm where we bought him will not take him back, they say there's no way we got him from there, and if there was a mix up I waited too long to bring him in to switch him out. I had no clue he was a cockerel, I just thought "she" matured faster than the rest of the chickens. Anyway, Roosters are prohibited where I live, and I do not have the heart to slaughter him. I love him, so I feel like I do not have many choices. The no crow collar I read up on seems slightly inhumane, but I'd rather him crow a lot lower than have him killed or euthanized if the town takes him away. The passed couple of days I've seen him regurgitating foam. Hes been wearing the collar for two weeks now, and late saturday afternoon it started. Immediately I loosened the collar. There are no poisons or insecticides or anything hazardous near the coop and run or in the backyard itself as I have small children as well. His crop feels soft and slightly firm as if filled with water. A week ago I made the mistake of damping a little bit of their food with water, as I saw how they gobbled it up, but then I read that was a terrible idea so I cleaned out their feed containers. Three days have passed and he's still throwing up white foam. I'm worried and a few of the vets kind of close around here will not see chickens. Help!
My rooster has also been regurgitating foam after putting on the collar. Did your rooster get better after taking it off? Have you put it back on and had the same issues? Looking forward to hearing about your rooster and how he’s doing.
 
Collars are inhumane. I have a state by state list of rooster friendly sanctuaries and rescues and other resources pinned on my Facebook page Poultry Southeastern PA and West NJ. Some local farms, though not advertised, will take your roo with a donation. It helps to call around.
 
if you cant keep him and won’t eat him, then you need to rehome him.

what you’re doing is massively unfair to your rooster.

call around and find a farm or a rescue operation that will take your rooster for you.
 
Collars are inhumane. I have a state by state list of rooster friendly sanctuaries and rescues and other resources pinned on my Facebook page Poultry Southeastern PA and West NJ. Some local farms, though not advertised, will take your roo with a donation. It helps to call around.
Can you provide a link to the post please
 

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