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    crop with grit/pebbles

    that’s awesome, so encouraging to see positive results ! hopefully she’s turned a corner now and keeps improving. it’s so frustrating and stressful when ailments drag on this long
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    damn, that sucks that you’ve lost a little ground…but don’t give up she can still work through it ! that’s good that she’s pooping though. maybe it’s residual yeast causing the regurgitation issue? if you treat again maybe try something different in case she’d become resistant to what you’ve...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    how’s your chicken doing now, any improvements? mine still has a little pouch of gritty stuff in the morning but not much. and she’s not fluidy or puffy so i’ve stopped giving her anything and am just leaving her be now. her egg withdrawal time from the monistat is up tomorrow thank god...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    ugh, stressful isn’t it ?! have you tried stool softener, that worked well when she was real full, got things moving nicely. well good luck with her … hopefully these two just sort themselves out on their own soon !
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    it’s crazy, mine is doing exactly like yours still !! even down to the egg laying. she’s still gritty too and not emptying 100%. at least it not hard packed and has gone down in size though. i can’t feel the feather (twig?) thing anymore so hopefully she passed that. she got a little...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    chickens seem worse than kids in so far that everything goes in the mouth…caught another one yesterday sampling a piece of paper she found 🙄 how do i feed her raw egg white (no yolk) just in a bowl ?
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    a development… yesterday morning she had a big ‘wad’ impaction again. i massaged it down with coconut oil best i could, but in there i also felt what i think is a feather when i got back from holidays another hen was molting and i caught my patient hen eating her feathers 😖 but, i also so her...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    patience ? what is this word you speak of ? 😂 kidding, a very good reminder for me as i tend to get discouraged if i don’t see quick results so she did a lot of pooping last night! her crop is still boggy/fluidy, almost like thickened water consistency (about golf ball size) and grainy. it...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    oh ! ok that’s good know, i won’t put her in the cage then for the afternoon. i was wondering, how much coconut oil can i continue to give her. is it something they can have daily, unlimited ? i just wonder if it’s not good for them in excess or for too long a timeframe. is it ok/better to...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    yes azygous’s thread on sour crop is super helpful i decided to not lock mine up this afternoon and let her have a full day to chicken. thought i’d experiment if having a little more food in her belly would help ‘pick up’ the grit and move it along. she went to bed SOOOO full it’s not funny...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    ok awesome, good to know ! i was feeling like i failed since it hasn’t emptied yet, so your reply is very encouraging ! i have been giving her yogurt every other day, i will stop monistat after today but continue with coconut oil. thanks for your reply, not only helpful but encouraging for...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    went on holidays for 2 weeks and came back to 1 hen with impacted crop. i’ve been doing coconut oil 2 times a day, massaging and alternating in stool softeners instead some days. also treating with monistat when it didn’t clear after 4 days. it’s no longer hard packed but feels like a bag...
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    nestboxes + holidays + pet sitters

    ok awesome, thank you !
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    nestboxes + holidays + pet sitters

    ok that makes sense. i wish we could get elector psp in canada. thanks for all your feedback !
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    nestboxes + holidays + pet sitters

    it’s only 2 nest boxes and only 2 of my 4 girls are laying. that’s an excellent idea though, i will have her throw them in a tub and i can deal with them when i get home. my girls are pretty good and don’t spend much time in the box so rarely poop in them. i just want to do anything i can to...
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