crop impaction

  1. Heidi Plume

    Impacted Crop, help!

    My favorite girl has an impacted crop (not certain). I'm not sure what is going on. She has a big, hard bump on her neck where the skin is a crusty black. I also just noticed that she has a messy bottom. I've separated her, given her water, ACV and have massaged the bump. There is a lot of...
  2. iosRANDALL

    Sunflower seeds - a problem?

    FOOD FOR THOUGHT -NOT THE GUT... I’ve no science to go on here -just some thoughts and deducing. Just something to consider maybe... My wife is in the habit of throwing handfuls of unshelled sunflower seeds to the chickens in their coops when she is reloading the wildbird feeders. As I thought...
  3. Thepriceofbeauty

    Swollen crop from overeating? Or something else?

    Hey guys, our little 6 day old Australorp seems to have developed a large growth on the right side of her chest. It has been noticable for about 12 hours. After researching on here seems it could just be a swollen crop from eating too much, however after looking at diagrams it seems like it's a...
  4. Hannahmarie1

    Sudden Halt in Egg Laying

    I have only two hens and two roosters. They are only less than a year old... They've been laying for about three months... now a sudden stop in eggs. They typically lay 2 eggs per day (I can only assume it was one egg from each hen) Only thing I did different is change their bedding from wood...
  5. Loona

    Flushing the crop?

    I talked to a few vets yesterday to see what they do for impacted crops. The Avian vet did the incision to clean the crop out. That w/a 2 day stay was 1000 dollars. Then got a call back from a farm vet who knew chickens very well, experienced and he suggested to flush it out. Another called...
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