unfortunately due my phones poor focus and weird lighting I'm unable to get proper photos. :(
3 of my chicks have large crops - about the size of a grape. not nearly as bad as the examples you see on here but still a bit concerning. they're all acting quite normal, eating drinking & running...
Hello! I brought in my five year old Cochin a couple days ago because I noticed her crop was full and solid in the morning, about a little smaller than a baseball. I kept her inside on only water and grit the first day, treating her for an impacted crop, which she’s had in the past.
The second...
For the past two days I’ve noticed that my hen Eileen has had a hard mass in her crop. It’s only the size of a large marble, but rock solid. I’ve dealt with impacted and sour crops before, but not sure how to approach this one as she is still eating and drinking fine– and the food she’s eating...
I am concerned about bumps these chicks have on their wings and a large lump they each have on the same sides of their neck/shoulder. One of them has a bottom that looks very red as well. I have only had them in my care for a couple of hours. I am unsure how sick they maybe or if I can nurse...
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We are seeming to have a problem with impacted crops in our small flock. Our hens are not free range but they do get grit and oyster shells. Since it’s been nicer the last few weeks we have thrown a few handfuls of grass in the run for them as an extra treat and for the passed few...
Shortly before I brought them inside for the night, my hen started making these weird little jerking movements with her neck. Her crop was slightly firmer than usual, so I broke up the food by massaging with my fingers and gave them water to drink before bed. To me it looked like she was trying...
I have a chicken I believe is almost 2 years old, not sure the breed. Anyways she was producing this phylum and stretching her throat last 2 days. When I looked inside her mouth, deep in the back I could see impacted food. Seeds, grass and such. I've tries olive oil, massaging, turned her upside...
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I am brand new to chickens and inherited 5 laying hens with my new property. Things have been going well the past six months but now one of my chickens is ill and I'm not sure what caused it.
- I do not know if she has been laying nor when her last lay was
- Yesterday she seemed a...
Last Thursday, i had two 10 month old hens starting to act "sleepy." Wed they were both completely normal. All day they would move very little and stop and close their eyes unless approached. Then they would run just out reach like usual but stop and close eyes again.
By Friday, one of the...
We have had bobcat attack killing 11 out of 12 our chickens, and messing up one that I thought would not make it, but now almost 3 weeks later she is still alive and doing better in a cardboard box in the garage, but not eating at all.
Initially she was not able to stand on her feet, and her...
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I was given a silky rooster, only to discover he has throat canker. I started him on metranidazole, to then discover he has impacted crop!
I stopped the antibiotics and commenced oil and massage treatment on...
Last night before locking my flock up (they free range during the day and put themselves up at night i just lock the door) my pup decided to go after one. I have her in the house nice, warm and comfy in a tote. She's been drinking water all day. I have given electrolytes and found some remedies...
Hi! I have a young and super friendly hen who might have an impacted crop. The mass in her crop is almost the size of a baseball and very hard, I tried massaging it and it barely morphed the shape. I've had her off of food and drinking water with Apple cider and Apple cider vinegar in it for...
My 5 year old hen is back with another impacted crop, only this time it's worse than usual. She's molting, which probably changed her appetite, which made her eat a lot of long grass. :barnie
I thought this would last two or three days, but it's officially a week now with impacted crop. Hasn't...
Hello, I would like some tips for the best ways to treat impacted crop?
I've tried the Olive Oil, with massage with some success. The crop did go down alittle, but is still quite large, & is as hard as golf ball.
I tried the water trick, with massage which was a fail.
Going to try coconut oil...
One of my hens has an impacted and pendulous crop. So far I haven't fed her in 24 hours in hopes the impaction would pass (it hasn't). I gave her oregano oil which she hated and I have been giving her massages. I suspect it's been 3 days that her crop has been impacted. Her crop is one solid but...
We've got a sick 1.5 year old RIR. She's not eating anything, but she's drinking a lot of water. Her crop is full in the morning, very balloon like, so I at first thought sour crop and made her "vomit" yesterday. I didn't notice a bad smell or anything. She also is having some pretty yuck,runny...
Looking for advice for my sweet Hen. I discovered her on Tuesday afternoon covered with ants and nestled down in the corner of her run. I immediately brought her indoors and cleaned her. She smelled bad so I felt around and found that her crop was full. She was awake and acting a little off but...
My hen's crop is full and hard when she goes to roost at night and is still quite full first thing in the morning, though not as hard. My other hens have little to no palpable crop in the mornings. Does this mean it's impacted and if so how do I help her empty her crop?
I think this has been...
Hi everyone, I have 7 hens that are right around 6 months old and a couple days ago I noticed my biggest girl had a huge hard lump on her chest. It scared the crap out of me, I thought she had breast cancer. ♀️ Anyway, after hours of googling and figuring out how to get chicken health articles...