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It did kill her in a couple of days, sadly. We tried a whole slew of things, emptying out the crop with a tube, which perked her up for a day or so (by then she was very thin and weak) but the food never emptied into the intestines. We also did some antibiotics, and finally an injection of...

I live by the ocean, so it's been warm but not above the low 80s. I was doing some research and some of the symptoms seem like it could be peritonitis but I felt her belly and it doesn't seem swollen at all. I'm hoping that it was just sort sort of weird leg injury but I fear it might be much...

I had a 3 year old hybrid hen that had a big squishy crop, like a water balloon. It was so full of liquid and stuff that when she bend down to peck, she would often throw up a little. I brought her in to the vet, who diagnosed crop stasis, and when we took an x-ray, she had a large tumor that...

My 2 year old silkie hen didn't sleep in the coop last night, I only noticed when I went to open the eglu (which is up on a table with a ladder) and she was sitting on the ground by the door of the run. She had laid a thin shelled egg that morning on the floor. While free ranging she keeps...

Hi all- I have a hen that just returned from the vet after I noticed lethargic behavior, vomiting and a very swollen crop. Xray doesn't show any obvious foreign bodies, and they emptied out her crop and kept her overnight with glucose and some antibiotics. The next day she seemed a little...