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    Any success with impacted gizzard?

    After consulting with a poultry vet I opted not to do surgery. Her opinion was that at 9 months with an impacted crop and with the enormous size of her crop (softball size), it was not likely to be successful in the long run. Meaning she most likely had pendulous crop to start (which caused the...
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    Any success with impacted gizzard?

    She's 9 months old. She just started laying around the end of October and then stopped early/mid December. My others have stopped laying as well so I assumed it was due to winter. I have not checked her for parasites or wormed her. I can try to get a picture of her droppings tomorrow. They were...
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    Any success with impacted gizzard?

    Dulcolax is a laxative. It's supposed to help move things along the digestive tract.
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    Any success with impacted gizzard?

    I'm fairly certain I'm dealing with a hen with an impaction or obstruction in her gizzard. Noticed she had diarrhea a week ago. Then last Friday her crop was swollen. Brought her inside and started with giving coconut oil, massage crop. The bulging crop softened and I thought we were home free...
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