I have a lone chick I bred from my flock.
I had brought 6x crested cream legbar eggs hoping to get some hens but none hatched sadly. As I have a 7 egg incubator I always put one of ours in to try and lower the risk of getting one chick. But sadly this egg was the only on that hatched. It is a week old frizzle male. A gold-laced polish frizzle bantam with a Crested cream legbar roo! Yesterday I knew something was wrong, then I realized the chick was shaking its head after drinking. I felt it’s crop it was one huge hard ball, I gave it olive oil and massaged it them in turned into a balloon. I have removed food and water and I did do a bit of a crop wash but I didn’t do it completely didn’t want to kill the chick. I hated doing in. It has been eating chick crumb but could have eaten wood shavings to block it. There is grit in the crumb. This morning the crop is still not completely empty. I will add Apple cider Vinegar to water later. Should I completely empty the crop with a crop wash first?
P.S It will be dinner some day!
UPDATE: Gave ACV chick was making funny head movements and looked like it was about to either die or throw up. And brought up stuff when I massaged his crop.
I had brought 6x crested cream legbar eggs hoping to get some hens but none hatched sadly. As I have a 7 egg incubator I always put one of ours in to try and lower the risk of getting one chick. But sadly this egg was the only on that hatched. It is a week old frizzle male. A gold-laced polish frizzle bantam with a Crested cream legbar roo! Yesterday I knew something was wrong, then I realized the chick was shaking its head after drinking. I felt it’s crop it was one huge hard ball, I gave it olive oil and massaged it them in turned into a balloon. I have removed food and water and I did do a bit of a crop wash but I didn’t do it completely didn’t want to kill the chick. I hated doing in. It has been eating chick crumb but could have eaten wood shavings to block it. There is grit in the crumb. This morning the crop is still not completely empty. I will add Apple cider Vinegar to water later. Should I completely empty the crop with a crop wash first?
P.S It will be dinner some day!
UPDATE: Gave ACV chick was making funny head movements and looked like it was about to either die or throw up. And brought up stuff when I massaged his crop.
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