Another DUMB question about the crop...

[Iowa Roo Mom]

Ok, so does a very large, semi squishy crop ALWAYS mean sour/impacted crop? I picked my roo up after feeding him a hard boiled egg *wich he LOVED* and taking pics of his comb for this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=179905
Anyhow, his crop is much larger than it normally is when he is "full". It wasn't this way earlier this afternoon, so maybe he just got real hungry?!

He was eating fine this evening before I my discovery and seemed to be active and normal acting. I put him to bed, and will see how it is first thing in the morning. I searched and found lots of treatment advice on impacted crops, but I elected to put him to bed without any treatment tonight in case I am just over-reacting... Should I have done something tonight? Was I wrong to take the wait-and-see response? Sorry for bothering y'all with this stupid, mundane question,

as I'm sure all the mods and experienced chook people get sick of them, but I dearly

my boy and only want the best for him...

 

[Renee]

A large, squishy crop usually means a chicken who ate a whole lotta food.

The way to tell if a bird has a crop problem is to look at them in the morning after they have digested all night. If there's no huge, squishy crop you have no problem.

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

well what did you discover was wrong with his comb?
possibly fowl pox
now the crop if he ate a whole boiled egg the amt would show up
possibly he is just full of what he ate
see what morning brings