- May 1, 2009
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OK, I have a 15 week old speckled sussex who had a huge crop. I had noticed this especially two days ago. I am a newbie, so this is new to me! I picked her up and felt her and she had the big water balloon feel. I read online and massaged her, kept her inside for 24 hrs, it looked better, smaller. She had some large airy poops, I was holding her at the time! When I massaged her you could hear gurgling. Her thraot also feels like some grit or oyster shells in it. She ate bread and olive oil yesterday. She has been feisty and hungry the whole time, but calms down for a massage. My husband put her out with the others last night for bedtime and she ran right to the food. This morning I looked and her crop is huge again. HELP! I am feeling helpless and am so stressed out to the point of tears. I have lost 2 chicks already, one died of unknown reasons and the other of a horrible bloody injury. I am not good with injured thing, it breaks my heart! Should we try to flush the crop? It is normal to just eat too much and have a large crop? I don't know what to do... She might have been like this for a while, they are getting bigger and filling out at this age, but she looks misshapen. Please help! I am think of taking her to a vet, but not sure of who treats chickens, or how much it would be. My 11 year old son loves to take care of the sick ones, I don't want to put him thru another death!