Bulgy crop

[lildarlinshine]

6 days ago I found one of the 4 chicks ( 7-8 weeks old ) with a bulgy crop. I did all that everyone has said to do, massaging, yogurt, acv, boiled diced eggs for 4 days, olive oil, and massaging each day. She has been eating her chick food, now, with a hearty appetite, for 2 days. Today I went to pick her up and hold her while sitting at the PC and she started puking on me, and the floor, her puke was as much as a dinner plate full. So I massaged her and she got upset and pecked me, I stopped, put her back in her crate ( she is isolated from the other 3, but nearby ) She then went for a drink of water and she puked again in her water.
Her crop is soft and squishy, no hard balls of any kind, no foul smell, but the vomit is always brown. And she vomits very easily. She has gotten better than the first day I found her all bulgy, but she is still not well.
I called our vet and around and everyone wants hundreds to see her and possibly fix her, she is not mine but I love her as mine, and want whats best for her. Any advice would be appreciated, please and thank you.

Anna

 

[Wyorp Rock]

6 days ago I found one of the 4 chicks ( 7-8 weeks old ) with a bulgy crop. I did all that everyone has said to do, massaging, yogurt, acv, boiled diced eggs for 4 days, olive oil, and massaging each day. She has been eating her chick food, now, with a hearty appetite, for 2 days. Today I went to pick her up and hold her while sitting at the PC and she started puking on me, and the floor, her puke was as much as a dinner plate full. So I massaged her and she got upset and pecked me, I stopped, put her back in her crate ( she is isolated from the other 3, but nearby ) She then went for a drink of water and she puked again in her water.
Her crop is soft and squishy, no hard balls of any kind, no foul smell, but the vomit is always brown. And she vomits very easily. She has gotten better than the first day I found her all bulgy, but she is still not well.
I called our vet and around and everyone wants hundreds to see her and possibly fix her, she is not mine but I love her as mine, and want whats best for her. Any advice would be appreciated, please and thank you.

Anna

What's her poop like?

Sounds like you need to treat as Sour. There's 2 articles below, read them both entirely, choose one to follow and treat.

Provide fresh water, food and chick grit (crushed granite) free choice.

Careful if you massage and she's spitting up, she may choke or aspirate.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ntion-and-treatments-of-crop-disorders.67194/

 

[lildarlinshine]

What's her poop like?

Sounds like you need to treat as Sour. There's 2 articles below, read them both entirely, choose one to follow and treat.

Provide fresh water, food and chick grit (crushed granite) free choice.

Careful if you massage and she's spitting up, she may choke or aspirate.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ntion-and-treatments-of-crop-disorders.67194/

Sadly I had to put her down. Her poop was firm. Vet said she was malformed and didn't have a chance. We tried everything short of surgery and I couldn't pay what he wanted ( upwards of 700.00 )

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Sadly I had to put her down. Her poop was firm. Vet said she was malformed and didn't have a chance. We tried everything short of surgery and I couldn't pay what he wanted ( upwards of 700.00 )

I'm sorry to hear about your chick, thank you for the update.