- May 17, 2017
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Hello. I have 8 three month old pullets (not sure exactly what breeds yet), and unfortunately, due to untimely issues, I had to keep my pullets with about ten Cornish Cross a bit younger than them. I worried, but they seemed okay for several weeks. Today, though, one of my family members noticed one of our pullets limping, and I thought the Cornish had trampled her. We separated her immediately (where I noticed she was lighter than usual), as well as the other pullets, to a relatively small area where they had a bit room to move about. I was feeding them some feed when I saw the limping pullet acting strange. She would eat for about half a minute, then jerk her head around and bob her head back and forth, acting as if she couldn't breathe or swallow properly. I went to feel her crop, and it seemed a little too firm, so I massaged it for a bit, but she still had that weird issue. I put her in a box away from the other pullets, especially because of her injured leg, but soon I saw that about two other pullets were having the same issue. Bobbing their heads, acting like they couldn't swallow or were choking.
I'm imagining perhaps the heavier Cornish trampled their windpipes or such, and does anybody know what this issue is? Will they recover? I'm not planning on keeping them with the Cornish anytime soon, I assure you, I just hope this damage isn't permanent, and I would like to know what sort of problem this is.
I'm imagining perhaps the heavier Cornish trampled their windpipes or such, and does anybody know what this issue is? Will they recover? I'm not planning on keeping them with the Cornish anytime soon, I assure you, I just hope this damage isn't permanent, and I would like to know what sort of problem this is.
