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They're both hens, and lay well. :) I think I paid around $3-4 for them, which is probably pretty close to what you paid, Pinkaboo.

May you be comforted in the loss of Ruby.

She's now home from the vet after crop surgery. Found a wad of dry dead grass in there. She's happy and perky. And after all that, this d%#& chicken had better lay golden eggs...

Did you identify the actual liver itself? Cuz I'm not an expert, but if I saw that in a human I'd say it was cancer metastases.

Mountain Daylight, not Mountain Standard. Stupid DST. Anyway. Talked with the vet this morning, and he says there's still something stuck, but she's stooling and otherwise happy, so at least some stuff is getting through. Options were to go to surgery or to see how she does and then go to...

Well, it's not yet 8am here in mountain standard time, so haven't heard yet. Vet left a voicemail last night saying she's eating and stooling but still seems to have a doughy mass leftover that won't go away. He wants the bird guy to look at her this morning and see if she needs surgery. So...

...aaaaand the vet gave her a once over as I was driving to pick her up and thinks there is still something stuck, so he wants to keep her till Monday now. He said he'd make it up to me... And I plan on giving the bird a lecture on how many eggs she's going to have to produce to make up for...

Going to pick her up. They lavaged it all out and put in an IV for some hydration. Waiting to see what the bill is... Not that I begrudge the cost of that expertise, but kicking myself for letting this go long enough that I had to utilize it.

Thanks all I opted to take her to the vet shortly after I posted, and they said they were going to lavage it out. Haven't heard any updates yet. I am officially the Crazy Chicken Lady now.

Thanks for that insight, CMV. I was wondering if it was just such a badly impacted crop that it was going above and below the actual crop. Poor baby. I'm a bad chicken momma. One more question - if I took her to the vet, would they most likely use anaesthesia to do a surgical crop...

I noticed a few days ago, maybe even earlier this week, that one of my 6-8 week old chicks seemed to have a bigger crop than the others consistently. For a while I thought it was just enlarged because she had eaten, but the more I checked in on the chicks the more different she looked and she...

Hahahaha!! Plot twist! I imagine Sir Popeye finds this to be a most distressing turn of events.

Pee-a-lot. *snicker* Sorry, I'm clearly being quite juvenile today. Carry on then.

I think other people who have had chickens for years and years may have better intuitive skills than us newbies, yes. But sometimes chicks just die. Even with experience. Sounds like that little chick died with a nice full tummy, so there's at least that...

Hahahahahahaha!!!! Hurra was a roo! That's hilarious. Especially reading back through the thread.

Always interested in the events in Brahmalot. :)

Congrats! Three cheers for Florus!

Yay! That sounds like improvement!

Is Betty a particular named color? I have an Easter egger chick that is feathering out in her exact color/pattern. She's kinda derpy too...

Maybe he's hanging out under the brooder lamp because the warmth feels good on his sore neck? Like a hot pack?