I was giving him pill-sized balls of suet peanut butter mixed with grains to try to move away from tube-feeding and give him something more substantive. Sometimes he would eat on his own, but he quit a few days ago, then I realized he wasn’t processing his food. I didn’t want him to dehydrate...
Thank you. I was looking up malfunctioning gizzard, not bad crop. This helps. The drugs are:
Rimadyl for pain (anti inflammatory), with side effects including kidney damage
Cefpodoxime - antibiotic, which I know will kill the gut flora.
He has been on these for a month. That can’t be good. I...
My rooster suffered frostbite during the Great Texas Freezeout in February. He has had some prett serious ups and downs since then - he lost a foot. He has been on pain meds and antibiotics the whole time. He has many good days - eating, crowing, communing with his hens. The last few days...