Vomiting Chicken

[RoxanneC]

Hi,

One of my battery hens vomited a brown opaque liquid this morning when I got them up at around 8:10am but I was late for school so all I could do was text my parents about the situation. My mum got home around 2pm and said she hasn’t vomited again and she was still eating & drinking normally, although she was shyer than the other two. We got the hens 4 weeks ago and she’s only laid one egg that had no shell or yolk. (There’s been one other without a shell or yolk but I’m not sure if it was hers, and there was another egg of which we aren’t sure who laid it without a shell; I’m not sure if it had a yolk or not. Another of my hens has laid 2 normal eggs without shells and the other hasn’t laid at all.) If anyone could tell me what it could be and how to help her I’d greatly appreciate it!

 

[Sassysouth]

How is she doing?

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

Sometimes hens will vomit up excess water after they drink. It can happen if their crop is pressed a little or even if they just lean over. It's completely normal and is nothing to worry about. Not sure if that's the issue here or not. If you can get pictures of the liquid and of the hen, that may help.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would check her crop tomorrow at daylight to see if her vent is full and puffy or empty. When the crop is touched when picking up a chicken, or if they are held with head down they can vomit up crop contents. Normally, they do not vomit. Brown opaque liquid could be sour crop, especially if it is sour or bad smelling. There are many good threads about treatment of sour crop and impacted crop problems if that is what she has.