impacted crop

  1. 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...
  2. C

    How long can an impacted crop chicken live?

    My chickens going two weeks with an impacted crop. I’m feeding her yogurt, water with olive oil and massaging her crop hoping she’ll poop whatever she has stuck in her crop. I called some vets and asked about prices and it’s out of my budget right now, which I feel bad about it. She still walks...
  3. C

    Chicken swallowed something and it’s stuck in crop. Impacted crop.

    Last Monday my chicken wasn’t acting herself and her crop felt big and squishy so I assumed it was sour crop. It did go down on the 4th day but now I can feel like she ate something that won’t go down, I feel smalls bits of rocks also that she pooped a little out yesterday. But the thing that...
  4. Skibum

    Corrected impacted crop chicken still not laying

    I have an Easter Egger hen who had an impacted crop for somewhere between a few days to up to a week. It took about 3 days to correct once I discovered it but it might have been a few days before I noticed. She’s still thinner than my other Americana but not super thin. I don’t believe she has...
  5. izzyrose

    Hen lethargic, loss of appetite, hard crop

    Hello! My 1 year old hen is suddenly under the weather today. She is laying down a lot and not eating. Her comb, vent, feet and face all appear normal. No strange odors or parasite I have seen. The only thing I noticed is her crop has a hard mass (feels like it could be feed, oyster shell...
  6. BreakneckRedneck

    Impacted/Sour/Any ideas?

    Hi all! Hope everyone is well. Hoping to find some answers regarding my sweet hen Cheeseburger. She seems to be having some crop issues, but I can’t decide if it’s impacted/sour/some other mystery thing. It’s fluctuated in size the past few days, but has always been too full too early in the...
  7. L

    Please help! Worms and impacted crop

    Hello everyone, I am new here as I’ve only had my precious hens for 6 weeks but have found all forums extremely helpful so thanks in advance for any replies! Unfortunately one of my babies (ex battery Rhodey) has impacted/sour crop and worms. After feeling a hard lump that didn’t disappear...
  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...
  9. Chopper923

    Is her gasping and noise a symptom of the impacted crop?

    This little girl has an impacted crop. I have given her coconut oil and massaged her crop multiple times. She is drinking water with olive oil. She pecked at some scrambled eggs today, and i actually made her a slurry of chick feed, water, raw egg, and olive oil. She's not real interested in...
  10. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Help! EYP and water ballon crop - oral antibiotics?

    My chicken developed EYP, and I've been treating her with baytril 10 (oral). However, at the onset of EYP her crop swelled up and stopped emptying. It isn't sour crop (yet) as there's no smell, but she's drinking lots of water and it--along with the meds--seem to just be sitting in her crop...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. C

    impacted crop

    My 2yr old silkie girl isn't looking very good this morning and I assume it's an impacted crop? She's usually always on the move scavenging and gorging herself on food... Actually 2 days ago I felt her crop and it was huuuge like a tennis ball coz she really likes seeds... yesterday I noticed...
  15. M

    Impacted Crop

    Hey hall, we’re first time chicken parents and our 2-3 week old chick keeps getting impacted crop. We did some research and made her fast for 24 hours, gave her some olive oil using a dropper and allowed her to swallow it. I spent like an hour massaging it and we separated her for the night and...
  16. P

    Halp! Silkie crop impaction

    This morning I noticed our silkie Blanche was wheezing. I inspected her physically and confirmed her crop was much larger than normal. I isolated her to keep her from eating and have given her access to water with some oregano oil in it. There is no discharge from eyes or nose nor any sneezing...
  17. applethechicken

    Huge crop/ slow crop problem! Please help!

    This is Apricot, she’s 8 months old and lays. Yesterday morning (Wednesday 11/16) I noticed she had a very large crop, but that was after she had ate already. It was about the size of a softball. I didn’t separate her then because she was still very active and eating. I just gave her some...
  18. TheBirdBabe

    Do broody hens get squishy crops?

    I have a silkie hen (who is about 8-10 months old) that's broody. She refuses to get off her nest, mind you that's in the floor in a corner where everyone sleeps. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Yesterday while trying to move her to a less messy area, I noticed her chest area felt squishy. Now, I know this usually means...
  19. S

    Dog attack, crop impaction, and respiratory issues

    Here is my previous post about Val’s dog attack. The saga continues! She’s been doing well after having her egg removed. Some feathers are growing back but the worst wounds are still healing and scabbed up. I’ve let her outside a few times in short visits to be a chicken, she seems good. BUT...
  20. slukeplass22

    Crop Issues for Weeks on End Despite Treatment

    Hi, I have two hens who have been having crop issues on and off for the past two weeks. Their crops have gone from impacted, to doughy, to sour, then better, to then having issues again. I’m at my wits end with this and I don’t understand what’s going on. Hen 1: Impacted -> Sour -> Better ->...
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