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I always have to wait until my chickens go to roost in the evening, to pick them up and handle them, to check crops, or to medicate or treat them. I wear a headlamp and use the red light which doesn’t startle them.

I have seen my broody hens have a puffy slow to empty crop. Once they develop an impacted or sour crop, it can be hard to cure it. Some common reproductive diseases can cause pressure in the abdomen which may lead to a slowdown in overall digestion or blockages in the gizzard or crop. Most of us...