Bone (?) growing out of her wattles?

[aart]

Sweet!!
Did she get her stitches out?

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Shady Lady is doing great! She’s clucking and eating and getting along with the others. Thanks everyone for all your help. Couldn’t have done it without you!

I'm so happy for you! And her! Glad this had a great ending.

 

[Inkisevidence]

Sweet!!
Did she get her stitches out?

They were dissolving stitches. One morning there was one stitch sticking out from inside her mouth. When I pinched it between my fingers it came out of her mouth. Everything seems to be sealed up and OK!

 

[coach723]

Just read through this thread. So interesting, and so glad you kept updating! It's wonderful that you had such a great vet and am so glad she's recovered and doing well. It's so nice to have a happy ending! Great job.

 

[human1]

Woohoo! Great job

 

[Inkisevidence]

Well, Shady is in the chicken infirmary again. I spoke too soon. Again, 5 months old, has minor surgery for her tongue and went on antibiotics. Has been off ABs for 8 days. This morning I found her before sunrise over two rubber eggs and with what appears to be an impacted crop. Hard golf ball sized mass. I know antibiotics can cause crop probs. I’m not 100% sure the eggs are hers, as she has a tendency to “haunt” the nesting boxes, hopping in and out all day, forcing other hens out even if she’s already laid. To top it off, I had 6 eggs today and only 4 brown layers—so I think she may have laid 2 rubber and one normal!

I isolated her and only fed yogurt and some scrambled egg in oil today. I’ll check her crop again in the morning. I’m just not sure what is causing what. She’s a complicated case. Any ideas? Behavior is normal. Tail up, pissed that she’s in a separate coop container, wants to eat. Not drinking excessively like one with bad impacted crop.

Could antibiotics have caused impacted crop which caused rubber eggs??

 

[aart]

I wouldn't panic yet......especially if you're not sure that is her egg mess.
Tho you can get some funky eggs when a bird comes back into lay.
I doubt it would be caused by the AB's.

Crop mass. I would take care of that by feeding nothing but Coconut Oil soaked into crumble with gentle massages a few times a day to help break up the mass. I kept my impacted crop bird crated for a week until things smoothed out.
Note that the crate tray is under the crate, easy to observe and clean up poops.

 

[Mvan42]

Wow first time of seeing this. What a learning experience. Glad she is doing good.

 

[Inkisevidence]

I wouldn't panic yet......especially if you're not sure that is her egg mess.
Tho you can get some funky eggs when a bird comes back into lay.
I doubt it would be caused by the AB's.

Crop mass. I would take care of that by feeding nothing but Coconut Oil soaked into crumble with gentle massages a few times a day to help break up the mass. I kept my impacted crop bird crated for a week until things smoothed out.
Note that the crate tray is under the crate, easy to observe and clean up poops.
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Her impacted crop was minor and she’s herself again. Didn’t lay today but she’s doing better. Maybe just a bad day. Odd.

 

[aart]

Her impacted crop was minor and she’s herself again. Didn’t lay today but she’s doing better. Maybe just a bad day. Odd.

She may have just gorged on something, glad she's back up to snuff.