Brand new chicken mom here and need some advice please! We got 6 baby chicks from Wilco last Wednesday and they were all active and doing great. We set up a brooder for them in a 27 gallon tote, put paper towels down along with some straw, a brooder plate, food (chick starter w/ chick grit) and...
Hi, my 14 week old Golden Comet has been acting “weird” in a corner of the coop. I took her out and put her on a chair right next to me and she wouldn’t try to fly away or nothing 😪 her crop looks full and her poop looked like watery yellow diarrhea. Any ideas what could it be? I separated her...
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I checked her crop today it feels like there's still something in it .
She woke up and drink some water n eat some bugs from the garden but throw up all this after some minutes..
And today she's not active also
She stay at one place standing only
Yesterday I noticed my scissor beak chicken, Mocha, wasn't acting like her usual self. She was sitting in a corner with her feathers fluffed and her wings down. She wouldn't even come to me for food.
I took her to a vet and I was told she should be put down because of her deformity. She has...
I am using metaclopramide and lactulose solutions from avian vet and have done it 3 days now and her crop is still full. She was a lot perkier earlier which is an improvement but now later in the day she seems really quiet. Does anyone have experience with these medications? I am supposed to...
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I am hoping for some diagnosis and treatment help for my 8 week old Easter Egger that is on the brink of death it seems. She is extremely thin (skeletal!), lethargic, puffed up, only pooping in very tiny liquidy amounts, and her crop continues to fill with fluid (it is like a big...
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I'm very new to raising chickens and this was my first hatch of chicks so please forgive my silly questions and most likely incorrect use of terms.
I have a little chick who has been a bit of a project since it's pipped (I've named it Squishy)
Squishy had trouble hatching he was...
hi! How can I help my girl with a full crop? When she runs it wiggles, it is completely full and hard like a ball. She’s eating drinking and acting fine and has access to grit.
Hello backyard chickeners... I got a new chicken weeks ago and she is lovely and loving the place! SHe eats/poops well, she likes running around... She's a very strong girl. However, yesterday, I saw that her crop was full and still is. I called the local vet and she said to massage the crop and...
I have an 8 month old pullet who I noticed about 2 days ago has a very full crop. The first day I noticed it she had really bad breath but by the second day her breath doesn't smell at all. The day I noticed it she had been out foraging all over my property. As far as her behavior she acts...