Impacted crop on underweight hen

[ANiceKaren]

Maybe a little watermelon would help and it would probably be so delicious for her! Sounds like the little girl needs some happiness. I’m not sure about the leg but watermelon recently helped my impacted crop girl. I hope she feels better soon! Personally when I’ve had impacted crops I’ve given watermelon and sometimes hard smal pieces of coconut oil. I’ve never withdrawn food and it typcially clears up on its own. Just my experience.

 

[Ccort]

I would not administer a laxative containing sennosides as they have a degenerative effect on the muscles, liver and heart of chickens.

It is better to use just lactose.

Would she have been able to drink prior to you checking her crop?

She did not drink before I checked her crop. And it's been full all day ....it feels liquidy.

When you say lactose...what would I actually give her? Greek yogurt?

 

[Ccort]

Maybe a little watermelon would help and it would probably be so delicious for her! Sounds like the little girl needs some happiness. I’m not sure about the leg but watermelon recently helped my impacted crop girl. I hope she feels better soon! Personally when I’ve had impacted crops I’ve given watermelon and sometimes hard smal pieces of coconut oil. I’ve never withdrawn food and it typcially clears up on its own. Just my experience.

Have you treated an impacted crop when it feels full of liquid?

 

[LaFleche]

She did not drink before I checked her crop. And it's been full all day ....it feels liquidy.

When you say lactose...what would I actually give her? Greek yogurt?

That would be ok too.

But I typed and meant lactulose, the autocorrection is driving me insane these days!


How does she smell around her head? She might have developed sour crop on top of the impaction.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/


https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ntion-and-treatments-of-crop-disorders.67194/

 

[ANiceKaren]

Have you treated an impacted crop when it feels full of liquid?

Mine never felt like liquid. Never got sour either. Felt crunchy.. like grain. Happens yearly to my EE when she molts.

 

[Ccort]

That would be ok too.

But I typed and meant lactulose, the autocorrection is driving me insane these days!


How does she smell around her head? She might have developed sour crop on top of the impaction.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/


https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ntion-and-treatments-of-crop-disorders.67194/

Ha! Got it!

How much yogurt each day? I don't want to go overboard.

It doesn't smell like sour crop. Yet

Her stool is very watery but she's also just eating raw eggs, water. I think she will eat her later feed....should I start offering that?

I guess I'm not sure it's impacted crop now or if she developed a crop disorder.

 

[LaFleche]

How much yogurt each day?

Maybe start with a tablespoon with some mixed in pellets of her normal feed and wait to see how her droppings look after some hours.

You can also offer pieces of chilled coconut oil several times a day.

And keep massaging the crop carefully downwards at least 6 times a day. Never massage in upward motion as it can lead to aspiration.

 

[Ccort]

She now has sour crop and an absolutely full, squishy crop that isn't going down.

 

[LaFleche]

Then try and proceed as suggested in the links I provided above in #24.

 

[Ccort]

Then try and proceed as suggested in the links I provided above in #24.

Ty. I am. I just gave her cream and added garlic. It's so full though than I'm scared she may regurgitate