CajunChooks
Chirping
- Apr 23, 2020
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So, I know they can't exactly vomit, just trying to be descriptive of the weird movement my 15 month old hen is making - I am attaching a video here of a few instances for you to see. It has been 2 days now. Yesterday, I grabbed her and felt her crop - it was wide/spread out, somewhat empty and squishy, which started making me think it's perhaps sour crop? I tried to smell for it, but did not get any weird smell (don't have much of a sense of small to be honest). Then I checked her again at night on the roost, and it was full and firmer, but still a lot bigger, spread out, and not as firm compared to a regular hen where it's just a firm little ball.
She is otherwise acting normal, going about scratching and eating. I isolated her for a bit yesterday and watched her eat and poop, and the feces looked normal too, although perhaps a little dark. She might have even laid an egg, but I can't be sure as another hen lays eggs that look exactly like hers...
She does this weird thing though, for a long time now, that I don;t see with the others: whenever it's hot and she gobbles up a lot of water at once, I will see her move away for a few seconds, and then see that when she goes to eat something right after, a lot of liquid spills out as if she had just been holding the water to spit out. I thought it was strange, but it didn't happen all the time, and she was otherwise a regular happy hen.
She is very much at the bottom of the pecking order, and previously when she felt sick I have separated her for a bit just to make sure she was eating (I am spreading out some separate feeders to make sure she has access without bullying).
She was recently sick with an eye infection, from which she has recovered (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/droopy-swollen-eyes.1493869/)
In any case, I am attaching a short video here showing some examples - any ideas as to how I should proceed? Just treat for sour crop? Do chickens with sour crop do this weird heaving movement?
Thank you!
She is otherwise acting normal, going about scratching and eating. I isolated her for a bit yesterday and watched her eat and poop, and the feces looked normal too, although perhaps a little dark. She might have even laid an egg, but I can't be sure as another hen lays eggs that look exactly like hers...
She does this weird thing though, for a long time now, that I don;t see with the others: whenever it's hot and she gobbles up a lot of water at once, I will see her move away for a few seconds, and then see that when she goes to eat something right after, a lot of liquid spills out as if she had just been holding the water to spit out. I thought it was strange, but it didn't happen all the time, and she was otherwise a regular happy hen.
She is very much at the bottom of the pecking order, and previously when she felt sick I have separated her for a bit just to make sure she was eating (I am spreading out some separate feeders to make sure she has access without bullying).
She was recently sick with an eye infection, from which she has recovered (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/droopy-swollen-eyes.1493869/)
In any case, I am attaching a short video here showing some examples - any ideas as to how I should proceed? Just treat for sour crop? Do chickens with sour crop do this weird heaving movement?
Thank you!
