My chicken ate an earring!

[harrington]

My daughter was in the coop playing with our hens when all of a sudden the redstar pecked at and swallowed a gold post earring. Can I expect that she will pass it? We are hoping that her health will not be affected by this.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

May depend on how big it is. I'm not an expert though, and one of my chickens swallowed some cigarette butts so I feel you worries

 

[Scrambled Egg]

If not, it will stay lodged in her crop and you can get it when she passes on. Someone wrote about a watch (I think it was a watch!) found in the crop of a chicken they processed. I worry about mine snatching my earrings all the time, I have small diamond post earrings and they must twinkle because my chickens ALWAYS notice them if I am in close range...lucky they didn't tear her earlobe.

 

[Matt A NC]

It will either pass or stay in the gizzard as a form of grit. If it stays in the gizzard you may not get it back for several days.

Matt

 

[bkbuz1987]

I lost a small gold stud too. I tried my best to get it out of my hens mouth but gulp, it was gone. She is fine and NO I did not go hunting through poo for it.

 

[amyquilt]

This happened to me too....now I don't feel like the "lone ranger" lol.