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    Sour Crop treatment options (Aus)

    Crop bras have done their work very quickly! Both hens crops are emptying out normally once again. One hen still has some digestive issues to work out (she is on prescribed antibiotics), but everything is getting much better. :)
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    Sour Crop treatment options (Aus)

    Sadly the crop issues are still not resolved. The hen and her sister, from the same parents and clutch both have crop issues now. They'll be going into the vet today for a follow up. I'm starting to wonder if these two have developed pendulous crop, predisposing them or making it harder to...
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    Sour Crop treatment options (Aus)

    @Josie_G Thanks for all the details! I'll keep this in mind when I next see my avian vet and ask about prescriptions and medication options. One of my other girls is starting to show early signs of sour crop (I suspect). It's been very rainy then warm- everything is so damp! I have to fix the...
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    Sour Crop treatment options (Aus)

    Update again! My hen is likely coming home tomorrow morning. After some TLC and tests, the vet determined that she ingested something that really messed with her digestive tract that did eventually pass- but did leave some damage that will heal over time. Nothing too serious, and thankfully...
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    Sour Crop treatment options (Aus)

    Update on my girl! She's staying with the vets to do some more testing to see if there's any particular cause. It's pricey, but this is my pet flock and I want to avoid anything preventable. They raised the possibility that foreign objects like nuts and screws can mess things up- I remember my...
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    Sour Crop treatment options (Aus)

    Thanks LozzyR for the advice! I checked her crop again this morning at sunrise, and it is still huge and soft. I've gotten in touch with an avian vet clinic that isn't too far from home, so she'll be going to see them as soon as I'm done with work in a few hours!
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    Sour Crop treatment options (Aus)

    Update: Continuing to read on in the comments of the article for more insights. I've put her back with the rest of the flock, since there doesn't seem to be much reason to keep her separated right now. She was squawking miserably without her sister around. I'm planning on getting her some...
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    Sour Crop treatment options (Aus)

    One of my hens has sour crop! She's got a huge, soft squishy crop, and sour smell from her mouth. This has just showed up today. She is otherwise very alert, hasn't yet lost weight and is still laying. At first I did induce vomiting with her, but stopped because I felt uncomfortable with the...
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    What if? Poultry as D&D Kenku!

    True, adding to that Kenku mimicry-only speech would be a little more difficult if I used my idea in-game for a character. I'm a bit loathe to add on a pair of wings on the back- I've drawn wayyyyy too much of that growing up and got sick of it. There are plenty of renderings of aarakocra with...
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    What if? Poultry as D&D Kenku!

    A random idea I had today- turn pet birds and poultry into kenku (the bird race from Dungeons and Dragons). I know kenku are typically crow/ravens in appearance, but I think it'd be more fun if you throw in any avian species. Here's my rendition of my favorite hen (silkie/polish) as a kenku...
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    What's this on her face? (fowl pox?)

    Ah, I think you're probably right in a sense. I have a hunch that she's been rubbing her cheeks on the hanging feeder. It has partitions throughout that stops chickens from flinging out feed, though they still try and might scrape that area of their faces. Likely that, or some face pecking. I...
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    What's this on her face? (fowl pox?)

    I noticed something on one of my bantam orpingtons recently. She seems to have these two white patches, one on each side of her face. It looks like it might be the beginnings of fowl pox?? This is my first year with chickens, so I have no first hand experience of this. For context, she is a...
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    Topic of the Week - What do/can you do with unwanted roosters?

    I really love roosters, but had to eat mine due to local codes. I knew I couldn't keep roosters, but only had access to straight run chicks for my situation. I do miss my Japanese bantam roo, he was very sweet, very pretty and would perch on my arm. When I had a shot at rehoming them, I only...
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    Well meaning mum keeps feeding the chickens tons of rice and bread!

    Lately my mum has been over eager to feed my pullets and hens left over cooked rice and bread, she's been dumping large amounts of it into the run and my flock is only a handful of bantams. They haven't touched their feed much at all these past couple days, and I've been removing the extra rice...
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    1 single egg developing! Do I Kill it?

    I had a similar thing, though in an incubator. I ended up getting day olds from elsewhere on hatching day, so that the original chick was never alone. You probably could introduce the broody hens to some day olds on the same day the 1 egg hatches? I'm only a newbie, you might want to dig...
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