Baby Seramas - their crops

[ChichiMama]

That’s FRESH-fresh.. LOL they are sitting on me in a little towel lol

 

[ChichiMama]

Babies

 

[ChichiMama]

There’s a good one !

 

[ChichiMama]

So the one w spraddle just didnt make it.. he died with a very inflamed crop.. seriously, we did chicken cpr with a straw.

 

[ChichiMama]

What!?

Lol it’s true.

 

[ChichiMama]

What!?

 

[ChichiMama]

Out of 12, we only lost one... he had a hard time getting of the shell... he was sad.

 

[NatJ]

I’m noticing that the other 3 might have an inflamed crop at the moment... it’s not hard, soft and swollen. But it’s too big. It’s alarming.

Looking at your brooder pictures, it looks like they have darkness at night, right?
Get up early tomorrow morning and check their crops while it's still dark.
If the crops are empty then, they are probably fine.

Baby chicks like to really stuff their crops full of food, especially before bed--so you might be seeing something normal. Full at bedtime and empty in the morning is normal if they sleep in the dark.

If they have light all the time, they will tend to eat during the night too, so they will have full crops all the time. This is common when using a heat lamp, but not with the style of brooder I see in your picture.

 

[Kiki]

Lol it’s true.

You probably killed it. You can't do CPR with a straw on a bird.