Yes, I'm also lucky to have a vet that likes chickens and relishes a challenge. We need more of them! They're badly needed by this growing demographic of urban farmers, hobby farmers, homesteaders and cruelty-free farm businesses for whom animals occupy the role of producers AND companions.
I loved watching the surgery. You have a sweet hen and an even sweeter vet! I read an old British poultry book that said old timers dealt with impacted crop by feeding live maggots, in the expectation that the maggots would eat and break down the matter in the crop while they were hanging out...