Arizona Chickens

[Happy Novogens]

I've always syringe fed birds oil for an impacted crop. Oil, water and charcoal. Usually just the oil and a massage does the trick. I isolate them with just water with charcoal mixed in and no feed til the crop empties. The oil moves things along, charcoal helps fight any souring, and with holding feed til empty helps to fight souring and speeds crop emptying too.

Editing to add that you syringe feed by dripping a few drops at a time in the side of the beak. Make sure the beaks tipped slightly down so they don't inhale it. You can try mixing the oil with the water and charcoal and dip the beak too so they drink it themselves.

Thank you! Does it matter what kind of oil?

I set her down & she started eating while I was reading your post. Now she's in the broody breaker so she can't get food.

 

[Happy Novogens]

Just offered coconut oil. She drank it up. How much should she get? She drank about half tablespoon.

 

[BlueBaby]

Just offered coconut oil. She drank it up. How much should she get? She drank about half tablespoon.

I hope that she get's it fixed for you.

 

[BlueBaby]

Well, I guess this is one way not to heat up the kitchen for cooking in this heat.

If you do any canning, you probably need to know this. Some companies that make vinegar have started watering it down to 4% instead of the usual 5% or 6%. Because of this, the canned food isn't preserved the way it should be. This was on a YouTube video on canning. So if we're going to buy vinegar, now we need to read the label to be sure.

 

[Happy Novogens]

I hope that she get's it fixed for you.

Thanks! Me too! Of course she's my favorite of the babies... a real cuddler. So I hope she gets better.

I've moved my breaker crate to a different corner in the run. That corner gets a puddle of water when my drip runs on an adjoining flower box. That way she'll have her own wading puddle to keep cool. (Otherwise she has no access to the main wading pool.) I toyed with bringing her inside but was afraid it'd be too hard to go back out afterwards in the heat. Hope that's the right decision.
Thankfully, she's fine with me holding her. She's getting lots of massaging. I'll go back out again in half hour and do some more. Unfortunately, I have to leave the house at noon and will be out til after dinner. I'll have to do what I can this morning and then hope she fares well in the afternoon.

Is it ok to leave her without food all that time (around 7 hours)? I know she's not supposed to eat while impacted but could it resolve quickly and then her be hungry?

 

[BlueBaby]

Thanks! Me too! Of course she's my favorite of the babies... a real cuddler. So I hope she gets better.

I've moved my breaker crate to a different corner in the run. That corner gets a puddle of water when my drip runs on an adjoining flower box. That way she'll have her own wading puddle to keep cool. (Otherwise she has no access to the main wading pool.) I toyed with bringing her inside but was afraid it'd be too hard to go back out afterwards in the heat. Hope that's the right decision.
Thankfully, she's fine with me holding her. She's getting lots of massaging. I'll go back out again in half hour and do some more. Unfortunately, I have to leave the house at noon and will be out til after dinner. I'll have to do what I can this morning and then hope she fares well in the afternoon.

Is it ok to leave her without food all that time (around 7 hours)? I know she's not supposed to eat while impacted but could it resolve quickly and then her be hungry?

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I don't know the answer to that, but let us know how she does.

 

[ChicksnMore]

Thank you! Does it matter what kind of oil?

I set her down & she started eating while I was reading your post. Now she's in the broody breaker so she can't get food.

I usually use olive but coconuts fine and half a tablespoon is a great amount too.

Thanks! Me too! Of course she's my favorite of the babies... a real cuddler. So I hope she gets better.

I've moved my breaker crate to a different corner in the run. That corner gets a puddle of water when my drip runs on an adjoining flower box. That way she'll have her own wading puddle to keep cool. (Otherwise she has no access to the main wading pool.) I toyed with bringing her inside but was afraid it'd be too hard to go back out afterwards in the heat. Hope that's the right decision.
Thankfully, she's fine with me holding her. She's getting lots of massaging. I'll go back out again in half hour and do some more. Unfortunately, I have to leave the house at noon and will be out til after dinner. I'll have to do what I can this morning and then hope she fares well in the afternoon.

Is it ok to leave her without food all that time (around 7 hours)? I know she's not supposed to eat while impacted but could it resolve quickly and then her be hungry?

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Yep it's ok. She can go 24 hours with no food just fine and that dose of oil will give her lots of calories to burn. Usually it's passed within that 24 hours. If it hasn't then you might have to worry about souring.
She looks very content in you arms

 

[BlueBaby]

@NuggetMama I bet that @CaroleW would love to see what your new NN Aloha hen looks like.

 

[ChicksnMore]

@Happy Novogens she can actually go longer then 24 hours without food. I'm guessing she won't need to but if she hasn't emptied by then, still with hold food until it does. Give more oil, charcoal water and massage. Fresh food digests faster then the compacted, spoiling food is why. Lots of water helps and remember the oil is a concentrated food.

 

[Happy Novogens]

@Happy Novogens she can actually go longer then 24 hours without food. I'm guessing she won't need to but if she hasn't emptied by then, still with hold food until it does. Give more oil, charcoal water and massage. Fresh food digests faster then the compacted, spoiling food is why. Lots of water helps and remember the oil is a concentrated food.

Thanks! What kind of charcoal?
Wish I had a camera setup to see her since I'm away from home now.