Pekin bantam hen can’t swallow and froth in mouth

[mellissa]

4 yo pekin hen has had difficulty for past couple of months swallowing things she’s eaten for years, grapes, peas etc and we’ve had to remove food from mouth because she was choking and couldn’t breath. This morning she couldn’t swallow at all. Any food she’d eaten she would flick out with frothy mucus attached. She can’t eat or drink. Frothy white mucus coming out of mouth slowly. She smells like sour milk.
Will I drown her if I syringe water in mouth? Very worried

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Let me see if I can get someone who can help your sweet hen....
@casportpony @azygous @Texas Kiki @Eggcessive

 

[Kiki]

Can you get a picture of her mouth....open it...what do you see in it?

 

[azygous]

If the stuff in her mouth is more liquid than thick, sticky paste, I bet she has a raging case of sour crop that may even be complicated by being impacted.

Take a photo of her wide open mouth, and have someone hold it open so we can see exactly what's going on in there.

Does her crop feel extended and full?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Waiting for pictures

 

[azygous]

You say this has been coming on for a couple of months. What has she been eating? Has she had access to grit?

 

[mellissa]

She has white mucus in mouth. She’s being flicking it out most of the day. I gave her some mashed boiled egg which she ate a bit of but then it eventually came back out with mucus.

If the stuff in her mouth is more liquid than thick, sticky paste, I bet she has a raging case of sour crop that may even be complicated by being impacted.

Take a photo of her wide open mouth, and have someone hold it open so we can see exactly what's going on in there.

Does her crop feel extended and full?

her crop isn’ extended. she’s choked on peas, grapes been gradual for a couple of months and now everything . But even water isn’t going down. Mucus just started.

 

[mellissa]

You say this has been coming on for a couple of months. What has she been eating? Has she had access to grit?

Yes she has been free ranging but went on cluck 15 days ago. Feeding good quality feed

 

[mellissa]

If the stuff in her mouth is more liquid than thick, sticky paste, I bet she has a raging case of sour crop that may even be complicated by being impacted.

Take a photo of her wide open mouth, and have someone hold it open so we can see exactly what's going on in there.

Does her crop feel extended and full?

 

[azygous]

If her crop is flat and empty, and going by that swelling of her facial tissue, I'd say your looking at a respiratory infection. It would be a big help to see the inside of her mouth. Please have someone hold it open, wide open.