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  1. A

    Help! 6-week old quail vomiting clear liquid, ruffles feathers often, rests while standing/wings slightly dropped instead of lying down.

    Seeking help with one of my quail! The past few days I have noticed sometimes it will start excessively chirping and then spits up clear liquid. Then it goes back to normal, more or less. It seems to be eating and drinking regularly, and poop has looked normal too (until the most recent one I...
    • avanderkolk
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  2. Elspeth Dinsmore

    Hen with Massive, Water-Filled Crop and Aspirating Liquid, Not Pooping

    Hello, everyone. I know it's early in the morning, but I was hoping someone could help me. I have a Speckled Sussex hen that is 1 year and ten months old named Molly. Last night I found her on the top perching bar with a huge, watery crop. It was massive. Like we are talking small...
  3. K

    [Solved - Vent Gleet] -- Diarrhea + Raspy Chicken - Timeline, Symptoms, Observations

    I have a chicken, hatched Feb 2023 who I noticed having issues with poop this morning. Timeline: 0800 - let chickens out of coop; give 16% layer crumble; check water (was almost empty and spout slightly clogged with straw/leaves/dirt from chicken yard 0815 - waterer refilled, 6/6 chickens...
  4. M

    Is this Sour Crop? Please help!

    Something’s wrong with my (6yo) Orpington chicken. The past few days she’s been making these jerking neck movements a lot, making me think something’s wrong with her crop. Recently she spat up some clear liquid and 2 days ago she didn’t want to eat the food I offered, though I eventually got her...
  5. Jillthechef77

    Unsure of sour or impacted crop

    I live in Massachusetts, I have a Black Australorp that is about 1 years old, over the winter she decided she preferred to be in the nude and plucked her feathers out (I assume stress) of being shut in most days with the snow/ice. She lives with 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 bantam hens, a bantam...
  6. J

    Lethargic chook, crop not emptying, no smell.

    Hi, I noticed my 3 year old hybrid girl was a bit lethargic a couple of days ago. Her crop had a hardish lump (felt like food) so I gave her 2ml olive oil and massaged it 2x yesterday. The lump loosened up and became moveable on massaging. This morning, the crop has still got food in, it’s...
  7. ci_cyfarth

    Leghorn Chick Crop Weirdness?

    Hey all! I've been noticing that Ginger, my 2-ish wk old White Leghorn chick, seems to have a very full crop -- visible, makes it look like she's sticking her chest out -- more often than she doesn't these past three days. I've attached my week 2 comparison pic of the Nuggets for a visual...
  8. M

    Screeching Crop Adjustment

    Hello, our oldest Wyandot Bantam is exactly 5 years old. She's pretty heavy at 1800g / 63oz. One of her sisters died of a fatty liver. Since a couple of days she is performing a "screeching crop adjustment" (I dont know how to describe it better) where she screeches and extends her neck...
  9. Goober9

    2 Wk Old Chick - Impacted Crop

    Hello BYC, I have a 2 week old chickie who I'm certain has an impacted crop. She consistently has a lump on the right side of her chest area that her 3 other sisters do not. When I message the lump, I can feel the feed within and am able to gently work it into her gizzard. I'm doing this 2 times...
  10. OliviaKenobi

    Sick Rooster. His behavior is different, not crowing, and puffed up with neck sunken in. (Pictures)

    Hey, I let my flock out to free range today which they often do but noticed my Rooster (1y/o) seems sick and I say this because he hasn't crowed all day and that is not typical along with his behavior being sluggish and keeping to himself and not really guiding his ladies or making sounds for a...
  11. Matilda84

    Help with crop issue please

    A couple of weeks ago my 4 year old hybrid hen had a mass in her crop that didn’t go down overnight (not squishy like sour crop but not especially hard like an impaction either, more like food just hadn’t been digested). This went down after a couple of days when I took her food away, put apple...
  12. G

    Chicken slow crop turned sour

    My hen has had a slow crop for 3 weeks after a particularly hard molt. I’ve been massaging but it stays pretty full. Today I went out and she was acting a bit less energetic. Her crop isn’t firm and is kind of squishy. Her breath smells slightly fishy, but only if i take a really deep whiff into...
  13. crunchygranola

    Chicken swallowed plum pit??

    I think one of my hens swallowed a pit from a plum… My mom threw a whole bunch of produce outside and when I went out they had gotten into it. I noticed a few plums in the mix, too, and my alarm bells went off. I felt around my chickens crops— and sure enough, something was very hard and...
  14. N

    Liquid full crop and hen isn’t moving

    My hen yesterday at 4pm was found next to the water with their eyes closed and she would after 5 seconds drink more water, I picked her up and water came pouring out as soon as I touched it. It had a disgusting smell after she threw up when I pressed her crop to pick her up. I’m thinking it’s...
  15. O

    Need help diagnosing a crop issue and deciding next steps

    We have a 4 year old hen who hadn't been roosting for a couple of nights. The morning after the 3rd night, we pulled her inside and started feeling around and noticed her crop was rock solid. We withheld food and throughout the day her crop started to feel more pliable, like it was full of...
  16. N

    Emergency? Suddenly lethargic chicken

    My golden comet chicken, almost 5 months old, was suddenly very lethargic this morning. She didnt run out of the coop with the rest of the birds, and just stayed on her roosting bar. She doesnt usually let me touch her, but shes letting me pick her up and inspect her without complaint now. Her...
  17. B

    Post-crop surgery care

    I did at home crop surgery on my girl. She’s definitely malnourished after a week of crop struggles and fluctuating appetite. How soon can I give her food and water?? I worry she is very weak and may not hang on if dehydrated and needing food too long
  18. B

    chicken with crop issues - next steps

    I've been posting on here for about a week now. My 5-month-old buff initially had what I believe was an impacted crop. The vet gave us a medication to assist with motility, gave the last dose last night. I believe it turned sour. It feels balloon-like and full of air, when I massage it makes...
  19. GreenFarmRonaldsvlei

    Our peacock is sick, I think it's something wrong with the crop? Like with chickens ...

    Hello peacock friends, help please. I have a peacock hen. She is 9 months old and is growing up with chickens. She is the only one that was hatched by one of our chickens. For 1-2 day she hasn't wanted to eat or drink anything...she looks tired and likes to sit with her eyes closed. Her poop is...
  20. K

    Vet said Marek's, I'm not so sure. Help?

    Hi! New to the forum, so greetings and thanks for any help. I've had chickens for about 13 years and just got a new flock after the last ones finally passed away. My new girls are all 19 weeks old this week, so should start laying any day now. I have one hen that I'm very worried about and would...
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