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If her crop is impacted, she should not eat anything more until whatever is lodged passes. As long as she is getting plenty of water, she should be fine until you get it massaged out. If she gets scarily lethargic, I would recommend taking her to the vet.

T These would be plenty large enough for 4 chickens. :-)

Grit is recommended by veterinarians for impacted crops. Fine granite grit though. Nothing larger than a piece of sand. And only a tiny amount. It helps break down the grass or whatever is lodged while you are massaging it.

Check this out, gives a good step by step: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/repairing-chickens-broken-beak/

Withhold food until crop empties. Just pointing out what is obvious to some may not be to others.

Withhold food, provide lots of water, provide grit and massage crop from the very bottom up.

I didn't get any help from here, but here is an UPDATE: Little Debbie is almost fully mended. She is acting like her normal self again. She went back outside with the others today, and has already asserted her dominance as top hen on the pecking order again. What I did was keep her hydrated and...

Wasnt* I am force watering her with a syringe. She is a fighter, hoping for the best!

Thank you! I meant she want drinking on her own, but this thread has tons of info in it. Thanks again!

Looks like a single that wanted to become a rose comb towards the end of its growth. :D Pretty bird tho!

Working on getting one of my black austrolorp hens better that is injured and/or ill.

Thank you, she sure was loved!

Thanks for the welcome!

The lemon blue cochin bantam was one of the sweetest birds I have ever met. Her name was Precious. She would perch on your shoulder, nuzzle up to you like a kitten, and come running to me when she saw me, and she laid the cutest little tiny brown eggs... My family misses her greatly. I lost her...

Hello fellow chicken peeps! I'm new here, and I need some help. Sorry in advance for this being so long. I have been raising chickens for over 2 years now, and I have a dilemma. One of my black austrolorp hens started acting weird about 4 or 5 months ago. She started mounting other hens...