[chesh]

hello complete newbie here, got 4 hens on sunday all ok but one is stretching her neck a lot and looks abit like she has got hiccups. picked her up this morning and she dribbled quite a lot but hasnt done it since. she doesnt seem to be eating many pellets but is picking at bits in the garden and is laying each day. I'm sure this cant be normal please help.....

[Aunt Sally]

Hi there chesh

A few questions for you first:

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• How old are the chooks.
• Is it only one which is doing this
• Is her crop bloated and squishy in the morning before she has eaten anything
• Does she have smelly breath
• Does she have any breathing problems or rattley noise
• Is her comb (if she has one yet) tinged blue
• Have you looked down her throat to see if she has anything stuck of if there are any "foreign objects"  down there [/list:o]
  
  Sorry there are so many questions but their answers will help us to give you some advice

[chesh]

they are 18 weeks so i'm told, shes the only one doing it, to be fair shes called peaky, living up to her name, no to all the other questions, tried to look in her mouth but she wasnt keen. dont really know exactly what im feeling for in the crop  :oops:  :oops:  :oops: along her breast under her neck?

[Aunt Sally]

Doesn't sound like sour crop.  So it could either be her trying swallow something.  A bit of stuck grass or leaf is my opinion bit it could just possibly be gape worm (I don't think it is though), which would need treating with flubenvet wormer.

Keep an eye on her and if she keeps doing it over a couple of days come back ald tell us  :!:

[chesh]

thanks will let you know. maybe i should stop watching all the time......
feel like ive got 4 more kids  

[Aunt Sally]

  We all do that  :roll: