Hen is suddenly gaping.

[DonnaScott]

My hen started gaping after snack time. Is that common. She's active, eating, drinking and showing no other signs.

 

[nuthatched]

Is she in distress?

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Could you take a video?
What's her diet?
Can you feel yer crop in the morning, before she's eaten. It should be empty.

 

[DonnaScott]

Is she in distress?

Nope. In fact she was laying down with everyone when she started. So far she hasn't done it again in the last hour.

 

[nuthatched]

Nope. In fact she was laying down with everyone when she started. So far she hasn't done it again in the last hour.

I wouldn't worry about it then.

 

[DonnaScott]

I wouldn't worry about it then.

Google terrifies me

 

[nuthatched]

Google terrifies me

Google is not your friend.

 

[DonnaScott]

Google is not your friend.

New lows is asking Google for pics of healthy chicken turds

 

[Yardfulla poopers]

She may have something stuck in her throat. What was the snack?
I would try to get a bit of oil (olive oil, vegetable oil, whatever you have) into her beak and massage her crop.

 

[WingItRanch]

She might just be adjust her crop. If so, that's completely normal.