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UPDATE: one more was out in the cold, so we "fired" her. ...but wouldn't you know it? She became CONVINCED that the last chick was _her_ baby and was FREAKING OUT when we tried to remove her from that last baby chick. Our other broody (a barred rock who has been broody for 3 weeks or so) was...

One of our chicks- a 2-day old silkie is periodically opening & closing its mouth (as tho gasping for air) and when I just held her, I could see chick feed in her mouth. I'm wondering if she has an impacted crop... They are on pine shavings under a broody mama hen (yay! it worked!). I've heard...

I have another broody hen- wondering if I should try her tomorrow night.

We introduced 4 day-old baby chicks to our 3-weeks-broody hen last night without a hitch. They just crawled right under her and she didn't peck them or anything. This morning I went out there and the silkie was huddled outside of the nest on the far side of the brooder like she had been...

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Quote: It really is "UP & DIED", too, isn't it? That phrase never quite made sense to me until I saw this...

Thank you everyone! I never would have figured that out on my own. BYC is such a great resource when I most need it!

Quote: Was this color new today? I have read that purple comb/wattles indicates heart and circulatory problems. I have a young Rosecomb cockerel who has gradually gone purple. I am not sure what to do with him, he is a doll. This was a new color for her. She was a broody hen that had...

Quote: This is what I was thinking. It could also have been fluid in the body cavity. Was this particular girl very fat? Not really- as a Buff Orpington, she's a bigger bird, but she wasn't really fat. In fact, I was noticing as she was all splayed-out that she's actually not as "big" as I...

I'm more vexed than anything. Our 2-y-o Buff Orpington chicken was sitting happily- had been acting normally all day-- then suddenly craned it's neck & gagged like it was choking. It tried to feel it's crop or neck to see if there was anything lodged--- I didn't feel anything out of the norm...

Wish I could offer some good advice-- our grass has steadily receded since we got chickens-- between bustbaths & scratching & poop... the edges are bald, dusty patches with holes. I've recently started limitting their time on the grass or considering more controlled foraging-- they don't hang...

We just noticed a week-old chick with a crossbeak as well. What is this that you applied? Did it help?

So we just got some day-old chicks to slip under our broody Buff Orpington for the FIRST TIME. She'd been sitting on eggs for 21 days, so we figured it was time. After reading some threads on here, it sounded like we could introduce them while it was still light (so we could see) instead of...

I should mention that this has been our source for treatment: http://fowlfacts.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=afflictiondiseaseff&action=display&thread=1188

This is me 2nd time doing the crop surgery on a bird and I'm so worried I did something wrong- I don't want to put a bird in danger due to my own squeamishness, yet I don't want to put her through "too much" all at once. Ok- from the beginning: Our Barred Rock is about 1.5yrs old-- our best...

We have 4 hens, all about 1.5 yrs old and pretty fat & healthy We noticed that instead of the 3-4 eggs we've been getting regularly, we've suddenly started getting only 2/day the past couple of days. Upon investigating, I noticed that the underbelly of one of the chickens is bare in places...

that looks quite a bit like the impacted crop we have been dealing with. It was that low... I can send some pics. I think my wifes thread on this topic has the pics on it. I am no vet or chicken expert, but our limited experience and googling gives us a little perspective. We tried the mineral...

We finally did the crop impaction surgery ourselves on Friday night. Last night (24 hours later) it felt like there was water in our hen's crop. This morning, It felt like it was still there. It's small- like maybe it has 2 ounces of water. At this point- after 24 hours on just water...

Thank you for that last reply. I had seen the operation, but had not seen the article from the-coop. I just finished and wow... It was pretty involved. I think the whole procedure was about 2 hours. Of course, our bird had a very extreme case. I would say her crop had extended to the size...

Thanks to everyone on their insights. We are looking at doing the crop surgery ourselves... despite nugget's clear opposition to it... I have a silly question for those who have done it or have experience... To close- do you use regular thread to stitch it? Do you need to back to remove the...