Finally getting around to doing this. We also have a facebook page ( KVKC Poultry Ranch). Come like us and check us out. We are in the process of raising up Good Shepperd Lines for Barred Rocks, Rhode Bars from Green Fire Farms and Heritage Silver Laced Wyandottes.
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Pullet eggs can be incubated with success. The chicks will be initally smaller but will grow to a normal size. It just may take a few weeks to catch up.
Good News. She seems to have finally passed the blockage. It took a lot of oil and massaging to do it. The Vet recommended some antibiotics in her water to help with the inflamation. She is back with the flock now and gaining weight. Thank you all for the advice and good wishes.
The mass in her crop is hard. We let the birds out in the tall grass, so I am thinking that is what caused it (such a newbie). Been pouring the oil down her, but I think I will try a large quantity of water to see if that helps. We are limiting her food and she has an area to walk around in...
I have a young hen who has a compacted crop. It is large, solid and hen has lost a tremendouse amount of weight. I have followed recomendations from on line articles and seperated her, given her olive oil, massaged the crop, drained the crop as best as we could. My question is, what are the...