Quick update: For several days I tried the stool softener and warm water followed by a massage. It seemed to break up some of the mass in her crop, and the mass was always smaller in the morning, but the mass never really went away.
Unfortunately, the chicken didn't make it.
Update: I started with olive oil and switched to mineral oil. Same result. Larger at night, smaller in the morning but definitely still swollen and firm. I have been massaging all around the crop, and then finish by massaging the contents upward.
Today I will try Dulcolax.
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I have a hen who has had a very swollen crop for about 5 days now. About 3 days ago, I started massaging the crop, and two days ago I started administering a tablespoon of olive oil at morning and night when I massage it. It feels like potters clay and I massage it for about a minute. At...
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I am able to take in up to 10 standard sized hens and maybe 1 or 2 roosters if they are young. I have an acre of fenced in land and a secure coop/run as well.
Thanks!
I have had both and the Anconas are excellent layers, and better than than the Andalusian, in my experience. The Anconas were more flighty than the Andalusians, but not bad.
I ordered the "Colored Egg Layers" mix two times and got a bunch of the Sapphire Jewels in both orders. At hatch, they are yellow with a black spot on their head and a few black spots on their body. They all look like white Ameraucanas. So maybe the AustraxAmer like someone suggested.
I realize this is an old post, but some other visual clues is that these are part rumpless Araucana which explains the pea comb and no tail feathers - which means you have easter eggers. Also, Marans have pink legs.