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Oh, Luna, I'm so very sorry. You know I adore my Barred Rock girls so much, such precious souls they are. I'm sorry I couldnt be more help to you with sweet Gertie. I'm dealing with another girl who has NO symptoms (I looked her over very well), other than she is acting off. She is calm and...

That doesnt sound great for Gertie, but I hope she rallies and starts on the upward swing soon. I picked up Ivy today. She is very thin, but her crop seems back to normal. I hope she's eating. Too many problems to deal with all at the same time lately.

Well, not much is getting through. The green poop is from her lack of food, basically. I know what you're saying, that if there is anything coming out the back, something is getting through from the front. Yes,what you're feeling is her neck bones.

Anything is possible, I guess, but since both our hens haven't laid in a week and both are having crop issues, I'm thinking they have just suspended laying due to their being under the weather.

Yes, Ivy is a Barred Rock. I'm not sure any breed is more prone to these problems than others. Sure hope not! Ivy is with the flock today. Her crop is quite small, though it feels more gassy than just empty. What worries me is that she hasn't laid in a week and was in a nest more than once...

I had a revelation when I saw my compost heap. I have a huge mtn of used shavings, inside a welded wire fence a little ways behind the coops. The pile has gotten so wide, it's up against the fence at the bottom. The birds never get in the compost pile because it has a makeshift gate that is...

No, I haven't fed my girls any dry cat food in a year. And I never did it on a regular basis, just the first molt they had. Came to believe it was not what they should have so it's good that you mentioned what your vet said, redwa. And mine have had ACV and AviaCharge in their water on and off...

I'm no vet, but I do what I can. We all just need to try to help each other get through this stuff, right? Ivy is feeling a bit better today. We put her back with the flock. She was scratching around in the orchard and that's something she wasn't doing at all when we brought her inside a few...

Thanks for asking. Ivy's crop isn't huge, but she is refusing to eat anything at all, like your hen. I may have to let her go back to the flock just to eat and drink. It's very hard to get oil syringed into their mouths, but we've managed it. I hold her against my chest and Tom tries to force...

I'd keep her separate. Sounds like she's in no condition to deal with the pecking order tonight. She's probably breathing hard because she's uncomfortable, if you see no actual respiratory stuff like drainage/discharge. It may take several days and if it seems the knot is diminishing in the...

Sounds like you're doing well. The liquid poop with green is because she hasn't been eating. Ivy's are like that, too, although she has started to eat a tiny bit now. I'd do the olive oil dosing once a day, maybe twice if you think she ought to have more or you didnt get enough down her the...

Thank you for the condolences. This a.m. my Ivy is much better. She was inside 3 days before the bloated crop went down to almost nothing. I believe I have found me cause, though, and its been remedied. Not sure with impacted crop how long it will take, but you need to massage it several times a...

Use a needleless syringe and have someone help you so you can squirt it into her mouth. I have one with sour crop (not impacted) right now and I had to do that. Mine is on the road to recovery, but I lost my Blue Orp hen, Velvet, to it a couple of weeks ago. Squirt it in and massage her hard...