excessive drinking

[mollymoo1]

Hi, I was hoping someone might know what is wrong with my one year old silkie ,she has been drinking a lot for a little while now and having very liquid poos, but yesterday when she was picked up water came dribbling out of her mouth and a little while after clear water came running out of her bottom as well.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Welcome to BYC. Sorry you joined under these circumstances. Let me tag some of our resident experts on chicken illnesses.

@Eggcessive @21hens-incharge @casportpony @KikisGirls

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC! Is a vet an option?

 

[mollymoo1]

vets in our area, do not no anything about chickens,my last visit to a vets cost me £200 and returned home with a dead chicken

 

[WhiteWyan]

I'm thinking that sounds like some crop impacting or sour crop. Is she twisting her neck like she's trying to push something through?
Foul odor from her mouth?
Swollen or hard or squishy crop?

 

[casportpony]

vets in our area, do not no anything about chickens,my last visit to a vets cost me £200 and returned home with a dead chicken

Can you post some pictures and a video? To post a video you need to upload to YouTube or Vimeo, then paste that link here.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

How old is the bird, what is your climate and what have the birds been fed?

 

[Kiki]

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Jump right in and make yourself at home.

Is she eating?

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[drumstick diva]

Please post in fullest detail about your hen at "emergencies, diseases, injuries, cures," thread. The most details/symptoms you give them the more likely they can diagnose her problem and suggest treatment.

 

[mollymoo1]

I'm thinking that sounds like some crop impacting or sour crop. Is she twisting her neck like she's trying to push something through?
Foul odor from her mouth?
Swollen or hard or squishy crop?

No, she is not twisting her neck and i cannot smell anything from her mouth,and her crop is quite firm today.