What would make a chick throw-up??? HELP!!!

[JaciesCoop]

I have 4 orphan chicks that are about a month old (not sure when they were actually hatched) and they have been doing great but today one of them is very inactive and is gasping up vomit. A yellow liquid. Can't anyone tell me what would cause this.


Jacie

 

[JaciesCoop]

Can anyone give me some ideas??

 

[wyo-helpmeet]

I do hope you find out soon. It's so scary when things out of the norm happen

 

[sred98]

This doesn't really sound like what you're having, but sometimes when I am carrying a chicken around, if I let their crop rest against my forearm, and it's full, liquid will leak out. It is gross and smelly!

Could it have gotten squished somehow? Or overheated?

Hope you find out what it is! Maybe you should separate it just in case?

Shelly

 

[JaciesCoop]

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It seems to have slowed down. She is resting in the brooder and they rest are outside in their little run.

Will this pass?

 

[sred98]

Without knowing what is wrong, I can't say. If she is overheated, try some Gatorade or electrolytes (Pedialyte) instead of water. I would still keep her separated until she either gets better or dies.

Is she able to walk at all? Maybe they got cold and piled on top of her??

Shelly

 

[Nif]

I was treating my hen last night for lice and had her up-side-down and she leaked out her mouth and almost choked...I felt so bad, but she was ok.
Either her crop is really full, or she has sour crop. I know there is a remedy for it on this forum because I have read it, but just search for "sour crop" and you should find some remedies to help her. You might also want to search "impacted crop"
Good luck.

 

[purpletree23]

Have you given them anything yellow to eat lately? Do they have chick grit? It's very important.

 

[StarLIteStarBrite]

My experince with chicken vomitting is two things:
dehydration and some sort of poisoning...Give electrolytes and vitamins in their water and they should be fine, if they don't should any signs of getting better, then I don't know what else to say!