Mother hen spitting up

[Emrosenagel]

Hello!

I have a mother hen (Cochin bantam) with three week old chicks. She acts fine, doing her job well, and her poops look perfectly normal, but I noticed today right after she took a drink of water, she spit it all up and sneezed. I only saw her do this once before the day after the chicks hatched. Any ideas? I heard sometimes they squish their crop if they bend over.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

She probably drank too much and could not hold it in. I'm sure she's fine.

 

[Emrosenagel]

She also got quite pale since the chicks hatched. I don’t know if she’s eating enough. Her crop is never very full, but she certainly poops enough! Does she look ok?

 

[nuthatched]

What's her diet? How'd her crop feel?

 

[Emrosenagel]

What's her diet? How'd her crop feel?

She’s eating the medicated chick feed at the moment. Her crop is generally pretty empty, at least early in the day. She’s always eating, and her poops are very normal. Every time I take her away from her chicks to eat or have a dust bath, she’s too stressed about being away from them to do anything.

 

[nuthatched]

She’s eating the medicated chick feed at the moment. Her crop is generally pretty empty, at least early in the day. She’s always eating, and her poops are very normal. Every time I take her away from her chicks to eat or have a dust bath, she’s too stressed about being away from them to do anything.

I wouldn't worry too much then