weird neck movement

[kk+chickens]

my little one year old caramel brahma started doing this weird neck movement thing and i’m really worried about her. does anyone know what it is? there’s no specific time she does it, just kind of whatever she’s doing, she’ll pause to do whatever this is.

 

[Wolfsbane]

It looks almost as though she's got something caught in her throat, maybe try feeding her scrambled eggs with oil on it to help things move along? and avoid grains and hard food for a few days.

 

[coach723]

How long has she been doing this? It looks like she's adjusting her crop. This could be due to having eaten something that is difficult to pass (long fibrous grass or leaves, or foreign objects), or she may just have eaten a lot and has a very full crop. Check her crop to see what it feels like, hard, squishy, etc. Check her crop first thing in the morning before she's eaten to see if it's empty (it should be empty then). It will fill and empty throughout the day as she eats and digests if it's working normally, and will likely be full when she goes to roost at night. Is she eating and drinking normally otherwise, and are her droppings normal looking?

 

[kk+chickens]

How long has she been doing this? It looks like she's adjusting her crop. This could be due to having eaten something that is difficult to pass (long fibrous grass or leaves, or foreign objects), or she may just have eaten a lot and has a very full crop. Check her crop to see what it feels like, hard, squishy, etc. Check her crop first thing in the morning before she's eaten to see if it's empty (it should be empty then). It will fill and empty throughout the day as she eats and digests if it's working normally, and will likely be full when she goes to roost at night. Is she eating and drinking normally otherwise, and are her droppings normal looking?

she started either yesterday or the day before. she seems to be eating and drinking normally. i haven’t been able to be out constantly to watch for her poo. i tried some olive oil and i don’t think it helped.

 

[kk+chickens]

she started either yesterday or the day before. she seems to be eating and drinking normally. i haven’t been able to be out constantly to watch for her poo. i tried some olive oil and i don’t think it helped.

ok i separated her from the others and i’ve been watching her for about an hour-hour and a half
her first bowel movement since i separated her was really dark like you know those especially nasty ones they make sometimes. shortly after, she made a similar one and rn, she just made one that was like a normal poop but it came out with lots of watery stuff

 

[kk+chickens]

if anyone is wondering, we figured it out. she’s gagging and trying to clear her crop. she has an impacted crop, so we’re working to fix her

 

[Akennedy]

my little one year old caramel brahma started doing this weird neck movement thing and i’m really worried about her. does anyone know what it is? there’s no specific time she does it, just kind of whatever she’s doing, she’ll pause to do whatever this is.

My hen is doing the exact same thing but when I pick her up, liquid shoots out of her mouth… like drooling.

 

[6BeachChicks]

My hen is doing the exact same thing but when I pick her up, liquid shoots out of her mouth… like drooling.

She has sour crop, I’ll link my thread where mine had that.

 

[6BeachChicks]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sour-crop-i-need-some-advice.1501358/

 

[6BeachChicks]

She has sour crop, I’ll link my thread where mine had that.

Does it smell?