ChurchsChickens
In the Brooder
Hi all!
Not having great luck with my first little backyard flock…
My chickens came home on Wednesday 4/27, and as soon as the next day I noticed our Easter Egger doing some weird movements with her head & neck - sort of squiggle stretching it out long, and opening her beak.
I was out of town for a few days, leaving the gals in the hands of the house human, and upon return, I noticed a large bulge on the right side of her chest.
A quick google, learned a bit about the crop of a chicken, and worried she had something impacted or was suffering from sour crop.
I felt her crop, and it is VERY balloon like. I monitored her for a day before we decided to start treating her for sour crop.
I don’t notice a smell from her or her beak, and her crop seems to be working semi-regularly?
Her chest is flat in the mornings, but right after she eats or drinks anything, the thing swells up.
We’ve had her isolated from food, on a diet of garlic water, organic plain Greek yogurt, and scrambled egg, since Tuesday 5/3, but I’m not really seeing a change in the way her crop is working.
My other chickens don’t have this enormous bulbous crop issue like she does, but the fact that it is emptying each night makes me think it’s not impacted or sour?
I haven’t found a livestock vet as of yet, but I’m really concerned about this sweet little creature and want to make sure she’s doing alright.
Does anyone have any insight on what could be her issue, or what I could do for her?
She's 8 weeks old now, and as mentioned, I've noticed oddities with her since the day after she came home (so 4/28). Her demeanor is great, she's always chirpy and happy to get her special food & drink. We're in Portland, OR, so chicken vet recommendations accepted & appreciated!
In the sour crop article on this site, we've been reading about the miconazole treatment, and we intend to go that route, but we really want to make sure we're doing what we can for her.
Thanks so much!
Not having great luck with my first little backyard flock…
My chickens came home on Wednesday 4/27, and as soon as the next day I noticed our Easter Egger doing some weird movements with her head & neck - sort of squiggle stretching it out long, and opening her beak.
I was out of town for a few days, leaving the gals in the hands of the house human, and upon return, I noticed a large bulge on the right side of her chest.
A quick google, learned a bit about the crop of a chicken, and worried she had something impacted or was suffering from sour crop.
I felt her crop, and it is VERY balloon like. I monitored her for a day before we decided to start treating her for sour crop.
I don’t notice a smell from her or her beak, and her crop seems to be working semi-regularly?
Her chest is flat in the mornings, but right after she eats or drinks anything, the thing swells up.
We’ve had her isolated from food, on a diet of garlic water, organic plain Greek yogurt, and scrambled egg, since Tuesday 5/3, but I’m not really seeing a change in the way her crop is working.
My other chickens don’t have this enormous bulbous crop issue like she does, but the fact that it is emptying each night makes me think it’s not impacted or sour?
I haven’t found a livestock vet as of yet, but I’m really concerned about this sweet little creature and want to make sure she’s doing alright.
Does anyone have any insight on what could be her issue, or what I could do for her?
She's 8 weeks old now, and as mentioned, I've noticed oddities with her since the day after she came home (so 4/28). Her demeanor is great, she's always chirpy and happy to get her special food & drink. We're in Portland, OR, so chicken vet recommendations accepted & appreciated!
In the sour crop article on this site, we've been reading about the miconazole treatment, and we intend to go that route, but we really want to make sure we're doing what we can for her.
Thanks so much!
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