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    Chicken had broken soft-shelled egg inside her; likely impacted crop. Need guidance before it's too late.

    so i feel like whenever i first start to massage her crop, it feels full and firm. but after a little massaging, it seems like it flattens out. would an empty crop sometimes pooch out and feel hard until pressed, or does that not make sense? i gave her some egg to see if she'd eat it...an she...
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    Chicken had broken soft-shelled egg inside her; likely impacted crop. Need guidance before it's too late.

    UPDATE: she loved the coconut oil! she pecked at it and got a bunch down. Thank you so much. i massaged her crop 15 minutes later, and i feel like it's gotten smaller. so way more encouraged now than i was this morning. if this keeps up, then i just need to worry about protecting her from...
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    Chicken had broken soft-shelled egg inside her; likely impacted crop. Need guidance before it's too late.

    so glad you mentioned coconut oil...maybe she'll peck at that in a solid state. She's been on a layer feed (generally something like this https://milefour.com/products/chicken-layer-feed ) forever. I haven't been super vigiliant about having grit available every day to them, only when i notice...
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    Chicken had broken soft-shelled egg inside her; likely impacted crop. Need guidance before it's too late.

    Hi BYC community; my little Virgilia is almost 2 years old - she's a golden commet. yesterday she sat in the nesting box all day, fluffed up like a broody hen. but then i noticed egg white in her poop. and then later she passed what looked like a mangled soft shelled/malformed egg along with a...
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