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  1. S

    Impacted crop from oyster shells?

    Has anyone ever experienced an impacted crop from oyster shells? We thought one of our chickens had sour crop and after taking it to the vet for a crop flush we were told she had stones in her crop. This didn't exactly make sense given the "stone" we were shown was bright white and looked...
  2. C

    Chicken has empty crop at night

    My chicken seems fine throughout the day, walks, I see her eating and drinking water, her poop seems normal but yesterday I noticed her crop felt empty. It felt empty but it also did feel like she had barely ate something. Right now I felt her crop and it feels the same again. What could be the...
  3. C

    Boiled Fennel Seed without crop issues, good for digestion?

    So pretty straight forward question as titled. As opposed to my wife throwing out fennel seeds since she never uses them, I did a search in the forums and found it can be useful for impacted crops. Since none of my flock is impacted. I wonder if anyone knows or has experience serving a dish...
  4. S

    Crop problem or something else?

    Dear fellow chicken enthusiasts, I am seeking help and advice. Last week, I discovered a hard crop in one of my 3 chickens. Immediately, I administered 10ml of water with 20% apple cider vinegar, which allowed me to massage the crop. In the following days, I checked the crop every morning and...
  5. MissGreenJeans

    Molting chicken not completely emptying crop

    Hi, everyone, Hoping for some advice. I have a 2.5-year-old Ameraucana hen named Sunny Side Up who’s been going through a hard molt. She feels thin and appears to have lost weight. About a week ago, I noticed that she was spending some of her day looking puffed up and squinty eyed—like she felt...
  6. AngelinaThePekin8

    Help duckling has puncture wound in crop foods coming out of it

    One of my four week old free range ducklings has a hole in her crop and foods coming out of it. I don't really know what to do I just noticed it today it seems fresh and it doesn't have blood or any signs of infection. I will get some photos of it as soon as possible. I have the duckling...
  7. jomary2013

    Chicken has sour crop. Crop feels like a bean bag?

    so my chicken has not been acting the same since Monday. Sits most of the day not eating drinks some water. Symptoms sound like sour crop. Her crop doesn’t empty in the morning. Yesterday I started massaging her crop and while I was doing that it felt like a bean bag or filled with beads. Is...
  8. arstarr

    Full Crop Won't Clear

    I noticed about two weeks ago that my 16 week old pullet had an enlarged crop. No worries, didn't think much of it. I only noticed because she started to make a gesture like she was gagging (I know chickens can't gag, but that was what it looked like). Went on a vacation and came back, and it...
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    Bantam healing after crop torn open from animal attack

    Hi everyone! I wanted to post about our little bantam and hopefully offer some encouragement for others who have chickens with crop injuries. She had a bad injury almost 3 weeks ago and we were leaning towards putting her out of her misery, as we really didn't think she would survive and we...
  10. M

    Mystery injury

    I have a little barred rock rooster who is on the small side and is around over 3 months old now I think. He started limping one day and it seemed to come and go, then I noticed him making a pain noise while drinking water so I checked his crop and he seemed to have sour crop. I massaged his...
  11. S

    Lethargic, clear poops, water balloon crop

    Hi I have a 2 year old hatchery chicken who’s acting a bit lethargic. She will slowly wander around the coop occasionally but is mostly standing around with her feathers puffed up and sleeping. At first I thought she might be egg bound because she had spent a lot of time in the nesting box and...
  12. S

    Crop issue - pendulous, sour, partially obstructed? Where to start?

    I'm a little unsure where to start with my chicken's crop issues, so appreciate any tips! We've had chickens for 3 years, first time to have an issue. Chicken (named Banana) is 1 year old, Easter Egger mix of some sort. She has had a large crop that empties slowly for months. I thought it was...
  13. K

    I thought sour crop, but my girl eats and drinks all day long

    Initially my girl’s crop didn’t deflate overnight and she had stinky breath. I started giving her yogurt then a few days later a small amount of monisat, non toxic kind. The crop is deflating overnight now and no smell. Her diarrhea was a greenish purple after I fed her fermented food for the...
  14. divineangel94

    Impacted crop

    So all of my hens have had impacted crop this week. They stay in a run but I have been giving them grass. My one hen shadow is the worse of them and I swear after ACV and oil even some Epsom salt in their water, after massaging it it goes down then its big again. They're not eating their regular...
  15. divineangel94

    HOPING THATS ITS NOTHING

    My hen this morning would not chase treats, was lethargic, and keeping to herself. I gave her an Epsom soak just in case because I recently lost a hen to egg issues. Her crop was empty but she still acted sick. Eventually she drank water but still would hardly move and she walked slow. I...
  16. M

    sudden death of our hen

    We are new chicken owners we’ve had hens for about 2 year but not had any health issues until our hen died yesterday & we wondered if we could get some wisdom from experienced chicken keepers. We woke up to one of our hens coming out of the coop looking sick. She had her head towards her chest...
  17. PBAndAlice

    Sour Crop?? Watery, gassy, pendulous crop

    Hi BYC. I don't use forums often so I apologize in advance if I'm doing anything wrong. SBC ("scared black chicken" - name courtesy of my cousin) is a black sex link hen, ~6yrs old, weight unknown but she currently feels lighter than she usually is. She has had a pendulous crop since we got her...
  18. T

    Sour Crop - coconut yogurt instead?

    Dealing with sour crop in one of my girls. I separated and withheld food for 24hrs, but left out grit and water, gave her 1/3 a monistat 2% suppository 1x today and will do it 1x a day for a few more days. I’ve tried massaging her crop as well. If by morning her crop is still full and squishy…...
  19. Chickenwithnobrim

    Chick eating sticks

    So ive got a container full of spagnum peat moss for them to dirtbathe in and they are 3 weeks now, been dirtbathing since 1 week. Today one chick ate a large chunk of twig that was decomposing in the mixture. I saw it in her beak and she immediately ran away like a toddler and as soon as my...
  20. TheFugitivePen

    Squishy crop, but no smell and is empty in the morning

    New chicken keeper here! I have a 9-month-old Australorp whose crop is squishy at night. I noticed it two evenings ago as I put our hens to bed. However, earlier that day and the next, she was running around with the flock, happily eating, scratching, and free-ranging. Even though she was...
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