Swollen Neck After Eating

[WalkerH]

So as the title says my chicken's neck swelled up after eating. It isn't her crop, way to high up and it is in the middle-ish of her neck. She looks like she ate to quickly and is trying to swallow it all down, but not sure. I am slightly worried since this is the first time I've seen this and haven't heard it talked about. Does anyone know what this is? Or if she will be fine? I gave her water and such to see if that helps, any other suggestions?

 

[chicmom]

Is she acting uncomfortable or showing any signs of distress? I wouldn't worry unless she starts acting sickly.

 

[WalkerH]

Not really. She is mostly just sitting there looking as if she is trying to swallow the lump in her throat. She drank the water when I gave it to her. I figured I would just give her a bit and see if she got it down. Can chickens have allergic reactions cause I recently fed them some leftover crab innards, although she is the only one who reacted.

 

[chicmom]

Can you look into her beak and see if anything appears to be stuck in her throat? Maybe she got a stick or piece of mulch or something......If you could reach it, you could pull it out.....

 

[WalkerH]

I'll go out and check now, just don't want to chase her around and stress her out more if she is already stressed.

Update: When out and checked on her, I think she got it down cause now her crop looks pretty full now. I'll keep checking on her, but she looks a lot better. Thank you very much.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Try feeding her some olive oil?