impacted crop

  1. cutebunny

    Chicken makes gagging/choking motion

    Hi, I have a pair of Serama chickens. They may be around 2 months old ( look like adults). 2 days ago I noticed that my pullet keeps doing this gagging motion. We hadn't feed her long grass or anything. Just some chicken food and mealworms. Today, i notice that she stopped doing the motion...
  2. L

    Diet for Chicken Recovering from 1) Raccoon attack and 2) Issues related to Over-ingesting Grit

    Hi All - My flock was subjected to a raccoon attack over a month ago and we have been rehabilitating the 2 survivors. One hen - Rogue, a Rhode Island Red of ~3-4 years old - apparently began ingesting large amounts of grit which we found upon X-ray at the vet (symptoms were consistent with an...
  3. aprilbos

    chicken sick - drastic overnight change crop

    Hello, any help would be appreciated. I've been visiting and finding useful information on this site and forums but first time posting. I have 4 layers 1 1/2 years old, 4 different breads. the black ostrolorp (Blacky) she seems to have a impacted crop. no stinky breath. i give them treats...
  4. Chickening101

    Hen ate large piece of tape

    my hen ate a large thickish piece of blue tape...will she be ok, and what can I do?
  5. C

    HElp..my hen ate a large piece of tape

    my hen ate a large piece of thickish blue tape...I tried stop her but I couldn’t...what should I do????
  6. R

    Impacted Crop, then Sour Crop and it Continues

    I have a 10+ year rooster who started acting strange last Sunday and I noticed his crop was still full with the cracked corn he had eaten the day before. Unfortunately I just kind of left him to himself. Well, it got worse and only then did I learn what it could be. After some time I...
  7. Henhenrooroo

    Impacted Crop?

    Facebook and google are leaving me lost today... So a week ago, I noticed my Comet acting a little funny, noticed she had vent gleet and started bathing and putting cream on her... she started being fine again. Today we are lethargic, comb is darkening, won’t eat/drink, and our crop is swollen...
  8. elimasmz

    Week old rescue chick with impacted crop.

    Hi ! I rescued an abandoned chick that was on the curb yesterday. I took her (or him) to a vet that said she was 4-5 days old and has nasty infection in her eyes (they were swollen shut and crusted over). I have been cleaning them and applying an ointment and she looks way better already, is...
  9. P

    Cha Cha UPDATE: Calling All Crop Experts!

    Hi Everyone, I’m in need of some crop advice. Any help is much appreciated! I have another recent thread with more detail/history. Responses dwindled & this is a different focus, hence the new thread. If you are curious and have time...
  10. L

    Impacted crop, on all 3 hens HELP!

    I first noticed my chickens were acting slow around their enclosure and weren’t eating food but drinking lots of water, I later found out that they might have an impacted crop. So I managed to get the chicken who looked the worse throw up a few times before bed. How many times should I do this...
  11. julia tayloe

    chicken with impacted crop, crop is better but chicken is not better, falling asleep

    We have emptied the chicken's crop 2 times, liquid came out. She is still not moving, drinking or eating. We gave her a little coconut oil.She has her head down and is just standing with eyes closed. What can I do? please give advice
  12. B

    HELP!! Extremely large hard crop - no other symptoms; eating, drinking and passing faeces normally

    Hello, I was wondering whether anyone would be able to shed some light on my current situation... I have three rescue hens - from BHWT - one of which has previously presented signs of a crop impaction, initially I aimed to treat this with initiating vomiting, then regular doses of Liquid...
  13. Lhynes1478

    Hard chest, green diarrhea, lethargic

    Martha is my 9mo Golden Laced Polish. She is laying, but has not laid in 2-3 days.. she always lays every other day. Her chest is extremely swollen, to the point where I can’t even feel a crop on the right side of her chest. It’s all just huge feeling. Really firm. When she squaks at me, only...
  14. BamBamat52

    More on impacted crops please.

    Hi, we just rescued 6 abandoned chickens which we are intending to integrate them with our 4 hens of a year. We noticed that the two largest have the symptoms associated with impacted crop condition and are getting conflicting results for treatment. They are healthy and eating with no signs of...
  15. A

    Another Newbie

    Hello everybody. Trying to get some help with my families chickens.
  16. lilmagill

    how to nourish hen w/ impacted crop

    hello. my ginger has an impacted crop that i massaged today for over an hour while giving her water through a syringe until i felt it break up a bit. when i put her back in the run she immediately pooped out grains. good sign. she's drinking vinegar water and kefir but i've read i need to not...
  17. Loona

    Impacted Crop "Dulcolax"

    Hi, Marsha (Olga's mom) here looking at the site for treatment of Impacted Crop. I went straight to this article featured on the website: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments.67194/ I saw that Dulcolax was a form of treatment. I...
  18. elissarules

    Older Hen with Slow Crop: Slow Crop Treatment with Updates

    Hey guys! I have an older hen who is a red comet. She’s about 5 or 6 years old... I’m not too sure. But she was recently molting, poor thing, and of course during the cold. I’m aware that she has frostbite on her comb, and she has an impacted crop. Another hen has feet lice and was wondering if...
  19. E

    Chicken vomit

    I understand that chickens cannot really vomit but that this the best description of the main symptom. A week ago, I bought 4 7mos black AmeracaunaX hens. Upon arrival, one had a loud gurgling stomach and occasionally has saliva-like liquid (clear and coloured) coming from her beak. The most...
  20. E

    Chicken vomit

    ***I've posted this in the Emergency section but cannot find out how to delete the post -- sorry***** I understand that chickens can't really vomit but that is the best description of the behaviour. A week ago, I bought 4 AmeracaunaX black hens. One arrived with a loud gurgling stomach and has...
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