I won't be going to them again. I took her to a different vet a few weeks later and he believed that she may have ingested some fibers that had gotten lodged in organs located past the crop and behind the air sacs, making it impossible for surgery but effectively holding up the entire digestive...
She tore apart and ate bits of a nesting pad I bought from Amazon that is what I think started it all. I took it out immediately after it was trashed, but damage was done. After that she's swallowed Bits of Pine Shavings, Strings from the ground, fuzz on clothing, she'll pick at anything she...
On Feb 26 my 5 month old Silkie Pullet was discovered to have a large tennis ball sized, watery, gritty crop. I took her to a vet who said her digestive system had shut down and she had no hope. Luckily a member of my chicken FB groups had treated chickens with similar symptoms (coincidentally...
Hi there! Glad to meet you all. I've been involved with chickens ever since I was little, but it wasn't until this year that I was finally able to have any of my own. I've been slowly hatching out my own flock of Silkies throughout this year and gathering chicks to keep them company, and now I'm...
My Silkie hen has it too! I had to do crop surgery to clear it the first time and now she's still eating things afterward...is this a case of darwin award, did your chicken end up dying? I noticed no one ever answered you. :(
My Silkie hen has it too! I had to do crop surgery to clear it the first time and now she's still eating things afterward...is this a case of darwin award, did your chicken end up dying? I noticed no one ever answered you. :(