Hi friends! This is Buffy, my 3 year old ISA Brown. What is this bulge on her neck?
Background: Yesterday she was doing normal chicken things, but I could tell she was feeling a little “off.” She slept most of the night in a kind of unusual position where she was very upright, neck extended. This morning she was reluctant to leave the coop. When I took her out she was lethargic and her crop wasn’t emptied. She was gurgling & doing neck gyrations as if she was burping or trying to vomit. Her crop was soft and squishy - not completely full but not empty (she’d had no food since the evening before). She had no interest in food, treats, or water. Just stood around and kept closing her eyes. I massaged her crop, which she seemed to enjoy, and seemed to make her “burp” more. It also seemed to make things move around, and occasionally she’d get this second, hard bulge (it comes and goes). Eventually she regurgitated - she spit out tons of black liquid plus some full kernels of corn and mealworms. Her crop was empty and she was no longer stood in that awkward tall, head up position. I put her in a dark quiet place to recover for about an hour. This picture of her in the shower is her AFTER regurgitation and her rest period. She hadn’t eaten or drank anything. But the bulge is still there. Since her rest period, she has perked up. She drank water and ate a few pieces of shredded cheese. She kept her eyes opened for a while and just hung out. But she is still far from being back to normal. I have Monistat 7 I was going to give for sour crop, but is this something else? I will say I don’t smell anything as vile as many people describe.
Some more background- Buffy has been laying normally and laid an egg yesterday morning. She lives in a flock of 6, and they're on Flock Raiser and have oyster & egg shells. The flock was wormed back in February with Safegard. She’s had very few stools, but they’ve all been watery diarrhea since she went to roost last night. Before that they were normal as far as I’m aware. As I’m typing this, she’s decided to start picking at her food more and scratching at her food bowl which makes my heart happy. But what should my next steps be? Thanks in advance for any insight or suggestions.
The very last picture, where she’s facing toward the camera, is the most recent. You can still sort of see the bulge near her neck.
Some more background- Buffy has been laying normally and laid an egg yesterday morning. She lives in a flock of 6, and they're on Flock Raiser and have oyster & egg shells. The flock was wormed back in February with Safegard. She’s had very few stools, but they’ve all been watery diarrhea since she went to roost last night. Before that they were normal as far as I’m aware. As I’m typing this, she’s decided to start picking at her food more and scratching at her food bowl which makes my heart happy. But what should my next steps be? Thanks in advance for any insight or suggestions.
The very last picture, where she’s facing toward the camera, is the most recent. You can still sort of see the bulge near her neck.
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