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    17 day old chick - Crop ALWAYS empty

    Seeking advice for my 17 day old Wheaten Maran who continues to have an empty crop. It doesn't even feel like she has a crop, but of course I know she does. She is eating and drinking, but her crop during morning, afternoon and evening is always empty. Her poop is mostly normal (sometimes it is...
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    Help, 10 day old chick. Impacted Crop

    Both of the other chicks were easy today! I was able to give them the mixture, massage their crop and one of them emptied during the massage. The other waited about 10 minutes. All are on yogurt, and we are going to switch to sand today. Even after 4 days they still aren't understanding that the...
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    Help, 10 day old chick. Impacted Crop

    Thank you all, so much. Her crop was emptied this morning! Unfortunately, her 2 sisters are now struggling. Fortunately I caught it early with them and after only a couple hours this morning the oil, water, ACV mix is doing its work. They should all be on yogurt and egg purée by this afternoon!
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    Help, 10 day old chick. Impacted Crop

    Hello friends, We just decided to expand our flock and got four 1 week old chicks from a local chicken breeder. I noticed last night that our smallest chicken had a pretty full crop. I gently massaged it and figured I would check in the morning to see if it has passed. I went outside at 7am and...
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    Hi!

    Welcome to BYC! Sorry your first flock of chickens didn't go very well. I hope this one goes better!
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    Considering chickens-any advice?

    I am new too and I will go ahead and give you some advice from a newcomers perspective. 1. Definitely build bigger. I started off saying, "I will only get 4 chickens ever." Five weeks later and we already have 8. They are so sweet and for me, seeing them all crowded in a box at a feed store...
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    First time chicken owner! Scared but trying!

    Thank you guys so much for all of your responses! I am still gathering information. I printed off a lot of the articles I found most helpful. Loved the article on healthy and unhealthy snacks for your chickens - it was incredibly helpful.
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    First time chicken owner! Scared but trying!

    Hello new friends! Five weeks ago I started out on a journey to start raising chickens, we started out with 4 (Daisy, Lily, Bubbles, and Nibbles) and have recently acquired 4 more (Rose, Scarlett, Little Wing, and Tipsy). I am an avid gardener and have read such wonderful things about fresh...
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