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Thanks. It's been an interesting and educational experience and I hope I never have to go through it again.

So how is your chicken doing? Pig didn't make it. After keeping her on a limited diet I thought she was ready to go back in the run with the others. I didn't think it was possible but I think she had an eating disorder. She had her crop impacted again in no time. We went out and she had died...

It's great that her crop is half empty, have you tried giving her mineral or olive oil? My daughters hen was vomiting but unable to bring anything up but what she had just eaten. That made the decision for the surgery. But if yours is emptying then you should keep up with what your doing. I'm...

I've been trying to get grass clippings out of her for a week but no luck. I noticed "Pigs" breathing was getting difficult I made the decision to do the crop surgery. Surgery went great and you would never even have know it was done. The girl is all over the place, jumping on my daughters back...

Thank you so much for this thread and the video. I was at my wits end with my daughters chicken. I knew we had reached surgery point but was iffy about doing it until I saw your video. The surgery is done and our little patient is VERY happy! So happy that she jummped on my daughters back when...

We have a Buff Orpington that just blows my mind and makes me shake my head. Before our flock was reduced by someones loose dogs and down to just our two BO's we had quite a mix; RIR, Australorp, Sex Link, Ameraucana, Sebright. And none of them were like her. The girls coop/run is located in...

That's total BS, a huge load of BS!!!!! What does it take to get something done, have the dogs kill all your family pets?! Some towns it's allowed to shoot other animals that are trespassing on your property and are a threat to you or your family and this sounds like a major threat!.

When I was a kid there was a dog that would come into our yard and bark at us. And if the windows were open it would even came up to the house and bark and growl through the windows! So my mom got a water gun blaster, it would shoot up to 30', and made up some cayenne pepper mace type mixture...

I may have to give that a try and have a pellet gun at the ready, that ought to teach them to stay away! Thank you. I think people don't take responsibility because they are lazy and selfish. It's so much easier to think of yourself then it is others. Pretty sad.

Oh I'm so sorry, it happened here too. All the killings were just for fun, non of the girls were eaten or chewed up. They were all just for fun. We had to put two of them down. One of them tried so hard to get up and walk and only one side of her would work. It was so sad.

I wish it was more like that here, but we are such a small town it's the police that have to deal with animal control so they don't really bother with loose dogs unless they are a threat to a human. And if I were to find a lost/stray dog I would have to drive over an hour to drop them off at the...

Thank you so much minpinmama, that is such an sweet offer. I'm almost afraid to tell my kids, they would be bouncing off the walls waiting the next three months! Thanks!

Yep, I'm sure. There is no way it could have been our dogs. They are never allowed loose outside and they are walked from the house to the kennel. Thanks, everyone, for your replies. I love the BYC family. I know I can come here and vent and get the support I need. Thanks so much!

Because of irresponsible pet owners my family had to deal with the carnage their dogs bestowed upon us Easter day. The chicken coop and run are in the our fenced garden area; we let the girls out of the run and free range in the garden. I take much of the blame for the dogs getting in. I had not...