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  1. DerbyChook

    Pendulous crop, but otherwise seems healthy.

    I did buy a bag of granite grit and started adding it to her pellets. I also started giving yogurt because it seemed like it would help keep the bacteria in her crop balanced plus the extra protein would be good for her. When I give treats, I have been making sure she gets more than her share...
  2. DerbyChook

    Chickens during hurricane advice

    What a good question. I had never though about this before. We don't usually have hurricanes where I live, but you never know these days. Good to be prepared.
  3. DerbyChook

    Pendulous crop, but otherwise seems healthy.

    That is very helpful, thank you! I made one on Sunday, but didn't do the two part neck tie, so it didn't fit quite right. I took it off this morning because she seemed to have it part way off anyway and I was afraid she would get tangled in it. But her crop looked bit better, the other bantams...
  4. DerbyChook

    Pendulous crop, but otherwise seems healthy.

    OK, made her a little crop bra out of camo vet wrap. She really seems to hate it. I have had her separated and on soft foods for 24 hours, but if anything, her crop seems even more engorged. She looks like the Dolly Parton of chickens. I can't get her to throw any of it up, but there continues...
  5. DerbyChook

    Pendulous crop, but otherwise seems healthy.

    I tried to make one out of an old pair of tights. Chicken was extremely unhappy and it made her walk funny. Will get some proper vet tape tomorrow and try again.
  6. DerbyChook

    Pendulous crop, but otherwise seems healthy.

    I saw the site for the chicken bra. I could make one, but it would be worth $20 to not have to! Also, never google "chicken bras" weird things come up. I guess I am looking for something on how to do a bra with the vet tape short term. If it helps her, I might spring for the cloth version.
  7. DerbyChook

    Pendulous crop, but otherwise seems healthy.

    Also, could you point me toward directions on how to make a chicken bra? Thanks!
  8. DerbyChook

    Pendulous crop, but otherwise seems healthy.

    Oh how adorable! Mine is named Penny too. She is also a very sweet chicken, so calm that I tote her around the yard like a lap dog sometimes and she actually seems to like it. So basically, she needs a bra? My friends and neighbors will think that is a hoot. I hope she can go back in with her...
  9. DerbyChook

    Pendulous crop, but otherwise seems healthy.

    I noticed that my four year old bantam Rhode Island Red has an enlarged crop. It is noticeably big, even from a distance, and she has worn some feathers off on the bottom. I understand that it is stretched now and will probably never go back completely to normal. I massaged it and it feels soft...
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    How do I disinfect a dog crate that I used as isolation for a sick hen?

    Good idea. She will have to be in the big coop with the large fowl (she is a bantam RIR) instead of the tractor with the little girls, but she will like that better than being in the garage all by her lonesome.
  11. DerbyChook

    How do I disinfect a dog crate that I used as isolation for a sick hen?

    Sadly, I had to cull her. I am almost certain that she did not have an infectious disease, but not 100%. I have another who has crop issues (we are on a roll around here). I would like to isolate her tomorrow, but want to be certain she is not exposed if there was an infectious disease. It is...
  12. DerbyChook

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    This post was right on time for me too. I just culled my first hen. I tried many things to make her better, but she was just wasting away. I am a city girl and do not have any experience with this kind of thing, but I guess I signed up for it when I decided to keep chickens. It was really hard...
  13. DerbyChook

    My sweet Barred Rock is droopy, thin.

    No smell and the crop is not hard or distended. Since she is not eating, it feels empty to me. I will try the antibiotics. I can get them at the feed store, right?
  14. DerbyChook

    My sweet Barred Rock is droopy, thin.

    I looked today and the poop was spongy. I gave her bread yesterday. It looked like she had not really processed the food, like it was just passing through her. And it was still green. Poor girl. I think I need to think about putting her down.
  15. DerbyChook

    My sweet Barred Rock is droopy, thin.

    The runny poops might have been from malnutrition. Once I started feeding her special food, they improved and look normal now. A bit more green than I would expect since she is not getting fresh grass or green stuff. The past two days she has been getting mostly oatmeal, yogurt, peaches, stuff...
  16. DerbyChook

    My sweet Barred Rock is droopy, thin.

    I poked her a bit more. She recoils and hunches when I poke her below her vent, but I don't feel any eggs or growths, so it must be inside the bones. She had a normal looking poo and ate some mashed egg. Poor girl. Does anyone know what this might be?
  17. DerbyChook

    My sweet Barred Rock is droopy, thin.

    I made her some mash from layer pellets. She is picking at it, but not very enthusiastically :( I am boiling some eggs and will try that later. They have plenty of room in the run, so I doubt she was depressed. I was more concerned that they were not getting the good forage and maybe that...
  18. DerbyChook

    My sweet Barred Rock is droopy, thin.

    She is about 5 years old. She rooms with three other hens who are the same age. All were brooded together. They live in a large converted dog run and normally get a few hours a day of free range and table scraps in addition to layer pellets. I have never had any health problems until this week...
  19. DerbyChook

    Can I use Panacur C canine dewormer for chickens?

    Thanks for responding. I am having difficulty finding anything online about the dosage, so I guess I will wait until the feed store opens tomorrow and see what they have.
  20. DerbyChook

    Can I use Panacur C canine dewormer for chickens?

    I hope he can tell me how much to give her! I just got back from a long vacation and she seems really droopy. I guess she has been sick for a while and the pet sitter did not notice. I don't want to wait until tomorrow afternoon (when the feed store opens) to start treatment. I gave her some...
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