This is Violet, she's the one with the hanging crop......behavior is completely normal....She may have had an impacted crop before but with all the massaging, separation, induced vomiting, and probiotics....its just still big. Feels empty.
Thank you so much!! She has always acted normally through all of it. Im a little stumped. Its just a large bulb on her chest. Shes laying normally, eating, and drinking. I will separate her again this evening so i can see what her poop is looking like now. She is on crumble, and water with...
So I have a hen, 9 months okd and her crop is bulbous. I felt it, it was kinda hard at first, I massaged it and it seemed the hardness passed, but then it was gaseous and never went back down in size. I separated her, no food only water for 2 days. I tipped her upside down and induced vomiting...
So I have a hen, 9 months okd and her crop is bulbous. I felt it, it was kinda hard at first, I massaged it and it seemed the hardness passed, but then it was gaseous and never went back down in size. I separated her, no food only water for 2 days. I tipped her upside down and induced vomiting...
Ok, so it is massagable, while massaging it, a tiny bit of fluid came out of her mouth and so I smelled her beak and it smelled a lil "sour". But it feels like it has a bunch of small pebbles or feed crumbles or something but she hasnt been fed since yesterday. The rest of my hens' crops are...
Ok, so it is massagable, while massaging it, a tiny bit of fluid came out of her mouth and so I smelled her beak and it smelled a lil "sour". But it feels like it has a bunch of small pebbles or feed crumbles or something but she hasnt been fed since yesterday. The rest of my hens' crops are...
I just went and checked it again since they are roosting and i can do a good check in the morning and see what exactly it feels like in the morning. It was more pliable this evening, we'll see if its empty or more empty in the morning. But it was still big, just not as hard this evening.
i have one hen who seems to have a large crop (lump in chest) that is alwYs big no matter when or uf she's eaten recently. It never feels mushy like the others, and theirs seem to go down when its been some hours (like overnight) since theyve eaten. Shes eating and drinking normally, no signs of...