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    Chicken's impacted/sour crop has burst - repair and recovery help needed!

    We have since put 5 stitches in her, with some neosporin on top. She can't really hold water, but we're trying to saturate other foods (bread etc.) with water. We also are giving her some scrambled egg yolk. We'll see how she does. Thanks for the help!
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    Chicken's impacted/sour crop has burst - repair and recovery help needed!

    Yes, that is helpful, thank you! I found this thing online that is an alternative to superglue called Dermabond. It is supposedly less toxic and serves the same purpose. It seems like an option, or else stitches.
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    Chicken's impacted/sour crop has burst - repair and recovery help needed!

    Okay, we will not use peroxide for rinsing any more. Yikes. Are there any other options besides superglue, or is that the best choice? I have read that it is sort of toxic and not the best for closing deep wounds...
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    Chicken's impacted/sour crop has burst - repair and recovery help needed!

    Thank you! She is separated and inside the house. She is cleaned out, but just needs to be closed up. Does anyone know just how clean her crop needs to be before closing her? Good luck to you too! I hope your pullet feels better!
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    Chicken's impacted/sour crop has burst - repair and recovery help needed!

    Our chicken had crop problems as a young pullet from eating hay. Her crop became incredibly large, miraculously emptied one day, and has been slowly refilling since. She ended up with a crop that was about the size of a large orange. We originally thought it was a tumor. It did not seem to be...
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    hi, first time here, first time with chickens

    Quote: x2
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    9 week old pullet is sick - may have eaten too much hay. tips please?

    Our little Delaware just died. Now we're trying to help our Australorp who is still perky and normal, but has a weird crop.
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    9 week old pullet is sick - may have eaten too much hay. tips please?

    These 2 little girls (Delaware and Australorp) are still living in our shower, inside. We have four girls who are a month older and living in their coop outside, but these 2 need to grow a bit before we begin the integration process. They are quite small in comparison to the older girls. Liz...
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    9 week old pullet is sick - may have eaten too much hay. tips please?

    We gave her about 15 drops of oil or so, and massaged her crop for a while. She seems to like having her crop massaged. We also gave her some bread with oil, but she isn't very interested. It's just very weird because both girls probably ate about the same amount of hay which would be causing a...
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    9 week old pullet is sick - may have eaten too much hay. tips please?

    Okay, sure. Sounds good. About how much oil should we give to her in order for it to be effective?
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    9 week old pullet is sick - may have eaten too much hay. tips please?

    If she does have an impacted crop, what is the best thing to do? We gave her a little bit of olive oil.
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    9 week old pullet is sick - may have eaten too much hay. tips please?

    Her comb seems to be the same color as it has been recently. Her crop isn't soft, but it isn't really hard. It is very compact like a little ball.
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    9 week old pullet is sick - may have eaten too much hay. tips please?

    We have a Delaware pullet who is 9 weeks old. She has been out in her coop for a few hours each day, and we suspect that she and our other 9 week old pullet have been eating hay. This morning, not having gone outside yet, she is not feeling well (puffed up, liquid poo) and we think that it is...
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    5 week old Australorp gender?

    Thank you! Yours do look like they have quite a bit of wattle growth at 4 weeks, which mine does not. (she has absolutely no wattle). Then again, some of your don't. I guess time will tell.
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    chickens and wild mushrooms... a concern?

    I'm wondering if anyone knows whether chickens know which mushrooms are poisonous and which aren't. I know that we have mushrooms in our yard, and ones that could potentially pop up in their run. Will they eat mushrooms, and if they are poisonous, will this hurt them? Or do they instinctively...
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