(1)What the hell is going on when the chicken spit?

In the process of breeding and production, whether it is broiler breeding or laying hen breeding, some chickens in the flock will spit water into the trough, and the small pieces of wet material in the trough will touch the crop of the spitting chicken. There is a lot of liquid filling, and when the drumstick is lifted upside down, a mucous liquid will flow from the mouth. There was no obvious abnormality in the mental state, growth and production performance of the chickens.

This kind of vomiting of chickens is obviously not a normal phenomenon, so what is the reason for the chickens to vomit? How to prevent it?

Analysis and Prevention of Chicken Spitting

1. Candidiasis (commonly known as bursitis)

It is a fungal disease of the upper digestive tract caused by Candida albicans. Chickens with crop inflammation will gradually reduce or not increase their feed intake, have difficulty swallowing, and be thin. Anatomy mainly forms a white pseudomembrane in the crop, the color of the crop becomes lighter, and the inner wall of the crop is inflammatory and infected, causing the mucus to chicken spit out , The onset rate is slow, and the growth and production performance of the flock will not appear immediately, so it is generally not easy to be found by breeders.

2. Mycotoxins poisoning

Mainly vomitoxin, when vomitoxin poisoning is manifested as vomiting water, diarrhea, substandard feeding, the color of chicken spit water is generally light brown, the anatomical crop, adenomyosis has dark brown contents, and severe gastric cuticle ulcers , Glandular enlargement, mucosal erosion.

3. Eat rancid feed

The chickens ate the rancid feed, which was abnormally fermented in the crop, producing acid and gas, causing the crop to be full, and the sour viscous liquid flowed out of the mouth when the chickens bowed their heads.

4. Newcastle disease

Since Newcastle disease can cause fever in chickens, the amount of water they drink will increase. However, the chicken spit caused by Newcastle disease is often a relatively viscous liquid, that is, when the chicken is lifted upside down, mucus will drip from the chicken’s mouth. Especially in the later stage of feeding, the early signs of Newcastle disease, he would spit acid water and pull green feces at the same time.