Chick has sour crop, and making funny head movement. help!

[Pebbles25]

Perhaps I could share via one drive?

 

[Pebbles25]

Sadly the chick didn’t make it! Its crop didn’t empty.

 

[kattabelly]

Sadly the chick didn’t make it! Its crop didn’t empty.

I'm sorry.

If you wanted, you could open up its crop to see if you can see what caused the blockage.

I wonder if it ate some of that bedding and hadn't had enough grit to be able to break it down enough to pass. I know lots of people use wood shavings without any issues but I don't like them for small chicks personally - they always seem far to keen to eat them.

 

[Pebbles25]

I must have been the wood shavings! I had it on kitchen towel for the first few days. What do you use as chick bedding?