So, back to the idea of a crop tuck....those of us who have had to do crop surgery to relieve and impacted crop...could we do the crop tuck ourselves by pinching up the crop and running some sutures through? I don't think the excess skin pucker would have to be cut away as long as the sutures...
Thanks for the encouragement... I gave her scrambled eggs with olive oil, ground egg shells, and garlic tonight in addition to about 15 small crickets. she is super skinny so no water retention, I did notice a dry scab on her crop and when I was scraping it off it was connected to a "plug"...
I have been a chicken owner for the last 10 yrs. I have had up to 15 chicken but am currently down to 3. I read somewhere that having chickens tends to make you a small animal vet. That is how I have felt lately. I have a 7 year old buff orpington. She hasn't layed in a while but she has...
