splodge88 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 One of our chickens has been acting strange today - twisting her neck in a peculiar way...I'll try to post a video in a bit but does anyone know what is wrong or what I should do ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Sometimes they do a strange neck/yawn movement when they are rearranging the contents of their crop. It might just be that she has eaten too much! As long as she doesn't do it all the time I wouldn't worry too much. Gape worm can cause them to 'retch' but this tends to be a constant retching, not just every so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodge88 Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks, she seems to have gotten better but I'll keep an eye on her anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Perhaps she swallowed something on the large side and it took a while to go down. A frog maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Or a mouse? I am amazed at the huge things that mine have gobbled up whole. Quite gross. I always said that chickens have snakey heads - mouths are obviously similar too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
