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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    *****Update***** After my last post my husband and I decided to let her be a chicken. I put her back in with the other girls, let her eat normal food and scratch in the sand. But, since I can never just give up, I kept massaging her crop, about four times a day. I was also giving her two tsp...
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    Once again thank you so much for helping me with Ginger. She hasn't had a solid poop since the surgery. Always watery with sand in it. Which is why I'm thinking it may be farther down. I think I'll try the massage again. Should I kennel her again and takeaway food? Maybe give her yogurt...
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    We are a week in today and her crop is impacted again. It's smaller than last night so I know things are passing through. I wonder if she has something stuck farther down in her system? She's had sandy watery poop this past week. Every now and again she passes about an inch long piece that...
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    I was a little anxious about going out this morning. It's her first morning after a day of eating and I was so wanting it to be back to normal. And it was!! I was so relieved that I actually teared up for a second. Dang chicken.lol. Her poops were runny and still had lots of sand in them. She...
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    Here's a picture of her surgery site. Should I soak off the dried blood so it can drain more or just leave it alone? It doesn't feel swollen or hot to touch. I just moved her back to the crate in the coop with the other girls. I don't want any introducing issues and she's drinking and...
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    Thanks so much for the offer. I will take you up on it when I recover.lol I do have sand on the floor of the henhouse and outside area. I guess I never thought about the nesting boxes. Seems like it would be cold.lol
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    The photo is from this morning. I really tried to keep a small area and her feathers around it so the others wouldn't peck at her. It ended up more to the right side of her crop. I guess just from the way she was laying. I need to learn about fermented feed so I don't have to go through sour...
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    They are! Both said the knew if anyone would do it, it would be me. I just needed that confidence in myself.lol
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    Thanks for the kind words. I really am still just in awe of the whole thing. I kept getting up last night to see if she was alive. She'd chirp at me like I was interrupting her sleepy time.lol I will change over for everyone to get her through the week. As for hay, I have some in the nesting...
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    I totally am! It's a little surreal at the moment.lol
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    Ginger(formerly thought to be MaryAnn. I had their names mixed up.lol) thanks you Barbara for helping my mom save my life!
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    Here's what we got out of her crop. My husband and daughter said that it smelled but I didn't even notice. Guess I was way to focused.lol
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    I did it! And she's still alive this morning!! Thank you ever so much Barbara for your encouragement and confidence in me. There is no doubt that without your talking me through it I would have attempted it. Doing something like this was so out of my comfort zone. I'm still in shock that I...
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    Impact or Sour crop or both?

    Thank you! God willing, we'll both make it through. I have probiotics for her water but I'm not sure what to feed her in the day or so. And when do I start offering her food? Will betadine work to sterilize the tools and her? Or I have rubbing alcohol to sterilize the tools? And for the...
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