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[casportpony]

Are the crop contents hard, squishy or just water? If the chick were mine ant the contents hard I would tube a bunch of fluid. Tubing fluids will usually produce a bowel movement in a couple of hours.


-Kathy

Thanks!

I will tell them that.

I'd also tell them to be careful giving oil. Aspiration of oil can cause lipoid pneumonia, which in a chicken will mean death. Also tell them that a sick bird is usually hypothermic and should be kept in a room or cage at about 85 degrees with 70% humidity (will post the reference to that later). I don't worry about humidity because I have no way to get the humidity in my house that high, lol, but I will turn on the heat or make a fire.

-Kathy

 

[liz9910]

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Very cute! I love the name Jax also.

 

[chrissyr]

Good Question!

The person treated with olive oil but it is on the natural thread so they do not want to treat with corid.

The chick is an 8 week old CCL.

puffed up
statue standing
lethargic
crop did not go down over night but is not super large.

Should the chick be flushed? or is the crop not emptying because it is near death?

Normally You or Dawg would have a lot of great advice but it all has to be Natural.

Are the crop contents hard, squishy or just water? If the chick were mine ant the contents hard I would tube a bunch of fluid. Tubing fluids will usually produce a bowel movement in a couple of hours.

-Kathy

Trying to learn here:
Are you both thinking cocci or a blockage?
And if it wasn't an all natural approach, what would you do?
And what's the difference between sour crop and impacted?
Just curious

 

[chrissyr]

Hmm, I'm gonna guess 50-75 grams at one week. Can you post a picture of it's poop?

-Kathy

I'll try but not sure who's are who's at this point. Some , I think are hers, look more watery is all.
But I put the corid in the main water (didn't know drench dosing)
And put them in a bigger brooder with brinsea heat plate. Giving them plenty of room to cool off.
So far so good. About 12 hours of no poopy butt

 

[ronott1]

Trying to learn here:
Are you both thinking cocci or a blockage?
And if it wasn't an all natural approach, what would you do?
And what's the difference between sour crop and impacted?
Just curious

The Blockage is gone and the chick is still acting sick. I think it is cocci.

The natural approach would be to try to get the chick to live thorough the cocci infestation. It is a parasite after all. Yogurt, scrambled eggs, vitamins and water. It might need to be tube fed. Culling for resistance and not using for breeding if it lives.

impacted crop will lead to sour crop after several days or so. It can lead to vent gleet too.

 

[chickee]

I'll try but not sure who's are who's at this point. Some , I think are hers, look more watery is all.
But I put the corid in the main water (didn't know drench dosing)
And put them in a bigger brooder with brinsea heat plate. Giving them plenty of room to cool off.
So far so good. About 12 hours of no poopy butt

Yay!

 

[caychris]

I may have homes for my Foster buffs after all. Yeah. I really need them gone or into the main coop because the chicks are 7 weeks this week and should be going outside within the next couple or so.

My del who is laying is digging to the floor of the nest box and lightly cracked her most recent egg. What do you suggest for the floor of the nestbox. I have quite a bit of pine shavings in it should I switch to straw so its harder for her to hollow out? Can I add some sort of rubber or artificial turf bottom?

 

[SpringPeeper]

Auuuugh. My broody had a dozen eggs. A few days ago, three were pecked open and the chicks inside killed. I blamed myself for not removing her from all the other hens before hatch, and separated her off. Then another egg was broken open and the chick killed two days after they were separated. I was confused, thought maybe she'd clumsily damaged it and been an opportunistic feeder, or heard the first chick start peeping and freaked out because she was inexperienced. I left the eggs with her. Most hatched over last night, she had two left pipped. I go out to check on the pips just now, and a **** scrub jay is in with her, pecking at a pipped egg! There is a bit of blood but I left the egg under her and will keep a close eye on it and if needed put some Blu Kote or antibiotic cream on any wounds when it hatches. Then I need to find some way to wring a little blue neck!

 

[caychris]

Auuuugh. My broody had a dozen eggs. A few days ago, three were pecked open and the chicks inside killed. I blamed myself for not removing her from all the other hens before hatch, and separated her off. Then another egg was broken open and the chick killed two days after they were separated. I was confused, thought maybe she'd clumsily damaged it and been an opportunistic feeder, or heard the first chick start peeping and freaked out because she was inexperienced. I left the eggs with her. Most hatched over last night, she had two left pipped. I go out to check on the pips just now, and a **** scrub jay is in with her, pecking at a pipped egg! There is a bit of blood but I left the egg under her and will keep a close eye on it and if needed put some Blu Kote or antibiotic cream on any wounds when it hatches. Then I need to find some way to wring a little blue neck!

Could probably trap it with some non-fertile or store bought eggs.

 

[SpringPeeper]

Could probably trap it with some non-fertile or store bought eggs.

I'd have to be pretty sneaky. My daughter loves them (and I liked them until about five minutes ago).