A couple of weeks ago my 4 year old hybrid hen had a mass in her crop that didn’t go down overnight (not squishy like sour crop but not especially hard like an impaction either, more like food just hadn’t been digested). This went down after a couple of days when I took her food away, put apple...
Hi all. I noticed today that there was an egg on the floor in the chicken run, under the coop which is very unusual as they normally always lay in the nesting boxes. I went to investigate and one of my 1 year old hens was standing near it under the coop, hunched over, tail down. I also noticed...
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I had someone ask a question on a reply I wrote about sour crop and impacted crop in chickens, asking if ducks could get these issues too. I informed them that yes ducks can also get the same crop issues as chickens. But this started me thinking about it, and impacted crop in chickens...
I am a new member to BYC but have been using it as a useful source of information for a few years now! So here is my introduction:
Hi I'm Amy! I am originally from Australia but have been living in England for the past 6 years. I have had a total of 7 chickens over the past 4 or 5 years and...