Sick Bantam Cochin

[rookie08rip]

Hello group! I need some assistance as I am a newbie to the cicken world. I have a bantam female (approx 7 mos.) that seems sick all of the sudden. The first thing I noticed was that she cant make the foot and half jump to the coop. She comes out just fine but cant jump back up. I picked her up to take a look at her and as i was bent over with her in my arms, a creamy white discharge came out of her mouth. Does anybody have ideas of what I should do? I use Dumor Layer Pellets and change the water in the waterer daily. They are confined to a run. but have access to the coop all day. I close them in the coop in the evening when they all seem to be staying in for the night. Thank you soo much in advance. I look forward to your responses.

 

[willowbranchfarm]

Hello group!  I need some assistance as I am a newbie to the cicken world.  I have a bantam female (approx 7 mos.) that seems sick all of the sudden.  The first thing I noticed was that she cant make the foot and half jump to the coop.  She comes out just fine but cant jump back up.  I picked her up to take a look at her and as i was bent over with her in my arms, a creamy white discharge came out of her mouth.  Does anybody have ideas of what I should do?  I use Dumor Layer  Pellets and change the water in the waterer daily.  They are confined to a run.  but have access to the coop all day. I close them in the coop in the evening when they all seem to be staying in for the night.  Thank you soo much in advance.  I look forward to your responses.     

Does her breath smell really bad??

 

[rookie08rip]

Well, I'm not gonna lie...smelling a chickens breath was the furthest thing from my mind. But another thing I forget to add was when I picked her up to put her in the coop she stumbled and fell on her back and couldn't turn over. I had to roll her back over.

 

[willowbranchfarm]

Well, I'm not gonna lie...smelling a chickens breath was the furthest thing from my mind. But another thing I forget to add was when I picked her up to put her in the coop she stumbled and fell on her back and couldn't turn over. I had to roll her back over.

Well if her breath smells bad it could be from sour crop.

 

[rookie08rip]

Would sour croup make her weak? And if it is sour croup how do I remedy that? BTW thank you for your time...

 

[Brookliner]

Put sour crop in the search box. Many threads on sour crop come up . Read all the information. Then treat accordingly. Good luck. Our thoughts are with you and your hen.

 

[rookie08rip]

Thank you.