EMERGENCY-SOUR CROP??

[Aye_It's_Liv]

ok so I came out to check on my chickens and one of my hens had been broody and she’s been sitting on an egg, so I got them some fresh water and she’s come out and started drinking and eating. I picked her up to do a health check and she “vomited” clear liquid, my first instinct was to try to get it out so I held her head pointing down to try and drain it but then she started sneezing and shaking and vigorously cleaning her beak, she went back to normal and got on her egg again and I did some research and i thought it was a sour crop thing so i take her away and start massaging her crop and she throws up again but this time it’s yellowy green but she’s acting normal again. Could she just been so hungry that the food shocked her?

Someone help!

 

[chickendreams24]

If she had just been drinking a lot is why she vomited when you put pressure on her crop and then when you tilted her down and vomited her.

Please be extremely careful if you ever try to vomit a chicken again. Done incorrectly it could cause a chicken to choke aspirate and even die.

Was there any smell to the fluid? Smell her beak. Do you smell anything but normal chicken scent, might smell like yeast? Has she been eating and drinking normally?

If you're worried you could take her food and water away overnight and check her crop in the morning before feeding and watering her. Crop issues could be harder to see in a broody since they aren't eating and drinking normally anyways. Still my gut tells me you just applied the wrong amount of pressure, at the wrong time, in the wrong place.

 

[chickendreams24]

Check her crop in the morning and see if you feel anything.

 

[lena_]

How long has she been sitting? If she has been without food for a few days it may have just been a real shock to the system, but I'd still keep an eye on her. Is the egg she has been sitting on fertile, if you have a rooster/cockerel then it most likely is. Make sure both food, and water are available near the nest. Could you post some pictures of her maybe? It will help us.
Does she smell bad/sour? Sour crop has a VERY distinct smell of chicken feed that has been wet and gone spoiled, you'll know it if you smell it...

 

[Aye_It's_Liv]

If she had just been drinking a lot is why she vomited when you put pressure on her crop and then when you tilted her down and vomited her.

Please be extremely careful if you ever try to vomit a chicken again. Done incorrectly it could cause a chicken to choke aspirate and even die.

Was there any smell to the fluid? Smell her beak. Do you smell anything but normal chicken scent, might smell like yeast? Has she been eating and drinking normally?

If you're worried you could take her food and water away overnight and check her crop in the morning before feeding and watering her. Crop issues could be harder to see in a broody since they aren't eating and drinking normally anyways. Still my gut tells me you just applied the wrong amount of pressure, at the wrong time, in the wrong place.

She doesn’t have a smell, I think you might be right about me putting pressure on her crop, she seems better today.

Check her crop in the morning and see if you feel anything.

It seems normal today.

How long has she been sitting? If she has been without food for a few days it may have just been a real shock to the system, but I'd still keep an eye on her. Is the egg she has been sitting on fertile, if you have a rooster/cockerel then it most likely is. Make sure both food, and water are available near the nest. Could you post some pictures of her maybe? It will help us.
Does she smell bad/sour? Sour crop has a VERY distinct smell of chicken feed that has been wet and gone spoiled, you'll know it if you smell it...

I thought it was sour crop but I just think it was a shock to the system.

 

[lena_]

She doesn’t have a smell, I think you might be right about me putting pressure on her crop, she seems better today.

It seems normal today.

I thought it was sour crop but I just think it was a shock to the system.

Glad to hear she's better. Is she sitting on a fertile egg?

 

[chickendreams24]

Yes I'm glad she's doing better too. In the future just be aware if a chicken has been eating or drinking but especially drinking that this can happen. Sometimes theyllt even do it to themselves by overfilling their crops with water. Lol