impact crop

  1. C

    Impacted crop?

    I posted on here earlier about a 2 week old chick who hasn't grown since I got her and is not doing so well and I think it might be an impacted crop, her crop is tiny and very hard, she's eating a little and drinking and pooping normally but is very sickly looking, sometimes crying, always...
  2. Emrosenagel

    Frantic hen, I’m at a loss

    For starters, no she doesn’t need to lay. I know how she behaves when she needs to lay, and this is not it. I’ve asked about this before on here but it’s been about a year now, and this behavior comes and goes. It makes me feel terrible because she looks so hungry, willing to eat everything...
  3. Jillthechef77

    Unsure of sour or impacted crop

    I live in Massachusetts, I have a Black Australorp that is about 1 years old, over the winter she decided she preferred to be in the nude and plucked her feathers out (I assume stress) of being shut in most days with the snow/ice. She lives with 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 bantam hens, a bantam...
  4. B

    Impacted Crop

    Hi All This is my very first post, and the reason for joining BYC... My sweet girl is showing signs of impacted crop. We have 3 Chookies in total. 2 are off the lay, but our Donny is a colossal sized egg laying champ! We thought she may have been egg bound, but on day 4, found she had a small...
  5. J

    Sour crop? Impaction?

    I cant catch a break lately haha! I have a chick whos crop will not empty. I have been hands off the last few weeks due to building pastures and such at a new property were moving to. Its definitely gotten worse. It is my fault for missing this. Shes been a little slow so i thought it was just...
  6. PrettyBirdRocky

    (Update) RIP HeadHen - Story of HeadHen and how unique she is

    (not asking for advice, just sharing HeadHen's journey, have thread for advice) So, this is HeadHen. Black Australorp, got her end of Feb 2023 in a straight run. She was the biggest hen: size, comb, redness. Even over some of the cockerels. She was always right there, talkative, loved eating...
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