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    Recovering from Sour Crop, further advice needed

    On Saturday night, I posted about my hen Max behaving very lethargically and not eating. Some kind folks on here lead me to believe she had sour crop, which I have been treating her for since Sunday after getting her crop to empty on Saturday night. Max seems a bit better. I have given her some...
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    Comment by 'hickoryrose' in article 'How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with'

    Oh thank you so much for writing this. My girl was sick for a whole week and I was genuinely believeing that she was on her way out. I got some vegetable oil in her crop and massaged for ten minutes, and so far she already seems to be feeling a bit better. Let's hope she stays that way! Thank...
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    Chicken being lethargic, help?

    Here's the most recent poop I can find. Earlier it was more solid than this but she ate some watermelon and now its like this. We are currently getting some vegetable oil in her and massaging her crop.
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    Chicken being lethargic, help?

    Her last egg was on Sepetember 25, she has not laid since and has not acted broody at all. We provided her with crushed granite but she seems uninterested. We gave her a box full of sand and she dustbathed and played in it readily, and I believe she ate some of the sand. This morning her crop...
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    Chicken being lethargic, help?

    For most of this week, my hen has been acting a bit unusual. My girl Max is an almost 6 year-old indoor Wellsummer hen. She lives indoors due to her previous flock abusing her to the point of borderline starvation. Normally, Max is energetic, obnoxious, talkative, curious, and a decent eater. I...
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    New to Forum but long time chicken owner!!

    I've used backyward chickens for years but for some reason never made an account, so I figured I'd throw my hat into the ring now!
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