I think my chick is constipated from eating too much

mypurtychickens

Chirping
5 Years
Feb 14, 2014
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Highlands County, Florida
I currently have a chick with me on vacation due to an injury on his head. I left him out on our screened in porch and there was a bowl of noodles (chicken ramen noodles) and a bucket of previously collected bugs (i thought there wasn't anymore) and he was on the porch for a good two hours. i went to check on him and his craw was FULL. it would not be possible to fit anything else inside of him. He appears to be extremely tired and keeps moving his neck weirdely. ( i see my full grown chickens do it when they eat too fast.) I put him in his basket under a towel so he would go to sleep. not sure if it is normal for them to eat that much at a time. i am sure it will pass but i just want to make sure.
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Chicks/chickens are gluttonous walking stomachs. You should be feeding your chick starter feed, not noodles or bugs. The chick is adjusting its esophagus to swallow. Give her plain applesauce mixed in her feed to help pass the noodles and bugs.
 

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