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Quote: I've heard that feeding them bread can give them impacted crop... I agree...I won't try that. I'm just kind of "wiping" it on her beak and she kind of licks it off. I don't know what else to do. Chicken people have different views/ideas on everything. I guess it's what worked for you...

Quote: Did you cook the oatmeal or not? I think another complication with mine is that she's so young, 9 weeks. I sent a pm to speckledhen and she just had to put down a 10 week old with crop problems. She said it could be that their musculature is not up to par. I sure hope I can get my chick...

Quote: I wrapped her in a towel and held her like a baby. I used a syringe (no needle) filled with olive oil. I opened her beak with my left hand and put the syringe past her tongue towards her throat and squeezed. She was pretty good about the whole procedure. I would massage her crop after...

I'll give that a try, cmv. Will let you know. Thanks.

mama hen chris, I have a 9-wk-old pullet with enlarged, soft crop. I've isolated her in a dog crate indoors since this morning. I've also removed food and offering her water with ACV and massaging her crop. Just wondering how you got your hen to "drink" the olive oil? Thanks for any advice!