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In the Brooder
- May 9, 2023
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I noticed my 22-week old Calico Princess passing watery droppings (with some solids) the last few days, along with her comb looking like it was shrivelled up. The colouring of her comb and wattles is a dull to bright pink.
I picked her up this morning and caught a slight whiff of a sewer-like smell around her head.
She was eating, playing, hanging out with the rest of her flock normally, albeit a bit less rambunctiously than usual in retrospect. I attributed that to her being a new layer and figuring things out.
My first assumption is that she’s got a case of sour crop so I felt her crop and it was very squishy. I’ve isolated her, and have massaged her crop a couple of time. She has access to water with a drop of oil of oregano, food is withheld until tomorrow morning.
What else can I do for her? Is this sour crop or something else? The deflated looking comb is most concerning.
For background: she laid her first egg on Sep. 29, and her second five days later. She hasn’t laid since. The whole flock got a course of Corid the first week of October. They have free access to oyster shell and grit and are fed Grubbly Fresh Pecks in a Grandpa feeder. They are given scratch in the evening and a handful mealworms in the morning. They are getting pumpkin purée every other day since it’s the season!
I picked her up this morning and caught a slight whiff of a sewer-like smell around her head.
She was eating, playing, hanging out with the rest of her flock normally, albeit a bit less rambunctiously than usual in retrospect. I attributed that to her being a new layer and figuring things out.
My first assumption is that she’s got a case of sour crop so I felt her crop and it was very squishy. I’ve isolated her, and have massaged her crop a couple of time. She has access to water with a drop of oil of oregano, food is withheld until tomorrow morning.
What else can I do for her? Is this sour crop or something else? The deflated looking comb is most concerning.
For background: she laid her first egg on Sep. 29, and her second five days later. She hasn’t laid since. The whole flock got a course of Corid the first week of October. They have free access to oyster shell and grit and are fed Grubbly Fresh Pecks in a Grandpa feeder. They are given scratch in the evening and a handful mealworms in the morning. They are getting pumpkin purée every other day since it’s the season!
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