Food stuck to the roof of the mouth...

[rmonge00]

One of my chickens keeps getting food stuck to the top of their mouth. It is making it difficult for it to eat!! What can I do about this? Please help!!!

Ryan

 

[Lacrystol]

No one gave an answer to this an Now I have a chick doing the SAME THING??? Does anyone know what is causing this???

 

[realsis]

Have you looked in her mouth to see if there is any abnormalities going on in the roof of the mouth? Any defects or issues that you can see? Any infection or issues? I wish I had some quality advice for this but I've never experienced this myself. I'd look for a defect or reason the food is doing this and see if I can spot any abnormalities going on in the mouth. Other wise hopefully someone else might know how to help. I wish I could have been more help but if you don't notice any abnormalities I can't imagine why else this would be happening? Could it by chance be the food itself that's causing this? Perhaps experiment with a different brand and see if the issue is still present? If it were my flock I might try that. I wish you the best and hope you resolve this problem.

 

[Lacrystol]

Have you looked in her mouth to see if there is any abnormalities going on in the roof of the mouth? Any defects or issues that you can see? Any infection or issues? I wish I had some quality advice for this but I've never experienced this myself. I'd look for a defect or reason the food is doing this and see if I can spot any abnormalities going on in the mouth. Other wise hopefully someone else might know how to help. I wish I could have been more help but if you don't notice any abnormalities I can't imagine why else this would be happening? Could it by chance be the food itself that's causing this? Perhaps experiment with a different brand and see if the issue is still present? If it were my flock I might try that. I wish you the best and hope you resolve this problem.

NO nothing different in the mouth in fact, I have been taken a qtip and scrapping the top of her mouth to get the food off, and there is quite a bit. But once done nothing looks abnormal, I even smelt it no odors. But it happens constantly. I cleaned her last night by this morning she had chunks of food stuck up there. Never had a baby chick do this?

It's almost like she's not drinking enough and her saliva is soften the food and getting stuck up there? It's very strange..

I have 6 other chickens in with her but she's the only one doing this, I'm having other issues with two others not sure if it's all related but the other two constantly have poop on there butts. Each night we get a bath to get the poop off, one even cries when she goes. Something buzzare is going on and I can't figure it out. I tried several things already but no good reaction from them yet. Yes, I have tried switching up the food, still nothing. GRRRRR

 

[ChickenJerk]

The problems could be either the wet form of fowl pox (diphtheria) or Candidiasis (Moniliasis) often know as thrush. In fact it could very easily be a complex of both these pathogens AND something else.

 

[Lacrystol]

The problems could be either the wet form of fowl pox (diphtheria) or Candidiasis (Moniliasis) often know as thrush. In fact it could very easily be a complex of both these pathogens AND something else.

OK, I don't think it's Fowl Pox but a Definite Possibility of Candidiasis. Yeh, I'm going to have to go with the THRUSH, so what is the treatment for this?

 

[Lacrystol]

Right now, I have Oxine in there water and I have been giving the one chick episom salt mixed with water. When I give her the salt water it does seem to help break up the food on top of her mouth, however I did notice bubbling noises coming from her crop each time.

 

[ChickenJerk]

Yeh, I'm going to have to go with the THRUSH, so what is the treatment for this?

It is generally considered incurable. I never had any success doing so but tried one last time on a $200 Partridge Wyandotte bantam hen. She ended up dieing from thrush after another $300 of medication was administered. The treatment we used was prescribed by a real poultry vet (not some city avian vet that can't figure out why parrots eat their own feathers) who worked for a pharmaceuticals company.

Before she died the bird did end up producing enough chicks to be the foundation of a very successful family of show birds.

 

[ten chicks]

Right now, I have Oxine in there water and I have been giving the one chick episom salt mixed with water. When I give her the salt water it does seem to help break up the food on top of her mouth, however I did notice bubbling noises coming from her crop each time.

If you think it is thrush(candidiasis)and nothing is working,try monistat tablet. Tablet contains miconazole nitrate,same ingredient used to treat thrush in babies. Cut the 3 tablets into 1/3 (end up with 9)give 2 times a day until thrush is gone. This is the same treatment for sour crop,also yeast.

 

[CherishHolland]

If it is thrush you can also give organic plain yogurt to help treat it since it is a yeast infection of the mouth/throat.