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    Can you manually help a rooster Puke up a Large Object Stuck in his Crop?

    This morning we couldn't locate the large object. My husband thinks that we may have mistaken it for some bony part of his body, but I don't think so. I was feeling for his breastbone when we located the object and it wasn't that. So we decided not to puke him, just tube feed him to help give...
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    Can you manually help a rooster Puke up a Large Object Stuck in his Crop?

    All right, I don't have a tube so I'll have to go the slow route and syringe little bits until I've gotten 30 mL into him. Then should I tilt him forward (or almost upside down?) to massage it out? Do you think some oil is a good idea too? I will wait until morning when he seems to be...
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    Can you manually help a rooster Puke up a Large Object Stuck in his Crop?

    Wow, it's castportpony! Someone just referenced another thread for me to read that someone else had written about crop tube feeding and she had gotten a lot of her info and inspiration to try it from you :) So, any tips for me about the process?
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    Can you manually help a rooster Puke up a Large Object Stuck in his Crop?

    For the last 2 days our rooster has been inside because we could tell he was suffering from something. We've deduced that he has an impacted crop, and possibly sour crop. All day his crop has felt very gritty "like a hacky sack," my sister says. Just now we felt a very large (to be in a...
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    Help! Sick Rooster - hasn't crowed for a week, runny poops, very thin with hard crop, faded comb

    The latest news: This morning his crop was (not surprisingly) still full feeling after no food all night. Today he ate some scrambled eggs & yogurt as well as some lentils & oatmeal drizzled in olive oil. He's still hardly drinking, so my sister and I were able to give him a couple small...
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    Help! Sick Rooster, not crowing, comb fading, runny poop, barely eating or drinking

    The latest news: This morning his crop was (not surprisingly) still full feeling after no food all night. Today he ate some scrambled eggs & yogurt as well as some lentils & oatmeal drizzled in olive oil. He's still hardly drinking, so my sister and I were able to give him a couple small...
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    Help! Sick Rooster - hasn't crowed for a week, runny poops, very thin with hard crop, faded comb

    enola: he doesn't seem to be fluffing his feathers. I think he may have an impacted crop.
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    Help! Sick Rooster, not crowing, comb fading, runny poop, barely eating or drinking

    Thank you Eggcessive! Yes, I've deduced impacted crop as well and have found a lot of valuable information out there in the vast expanse of internet. I massaged it and tried to use the dripping oil/ electrolyte water on the beak technique (though he hardly consumed any) to get it loosened up...
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    Help! Sick Rooster - hasn't crowed for a week, runny poops, very thin with hard crop, faded comb

    Thanks so much for the tip!
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    Help! Sick Rooster, not crowing, comb fading, runny poop, barely eating or drinking

    Hello! Sorry to join bearing bad news, but I'm in a panic about my rooster who seems to be on death's door He is an 8-month old Araucana and such a sweetie, I'll be sad to lose him. He hasn't crowed for the last week and his comb has been losing color. We thought maybe this was due to...
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    Help! Sick Rooster - hasn't crowed for a week, runny poops, very thin with hard crop, faded comb

    Hello! Sorry to join bearing bad news, but I'm in a panic about my rooster who seems to be on death's door He is an 8-month old Araucana and such a sweetie, I'll be sad to lose him. He hasn't crowed for the last week and his comb has been losing color. We thought maybe this was due to...
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