Chicken crop issue help.

[Avalon0412]

I have a chicken with impacted crop, she's been like this for about 2 weeks. I have done everything possible from massaging crop to feeding her yogurt and giving her lots of water but nothing is changing. She is very thin. I know eventually she will die if I don't do something. I do not have the money for this type of surgery. I'm not willing to let her die without a fight. Though I have never done surgery on any animal I have some experience in helping animals heal from certain injuries. I am not weak stomachached and I know I can do surgery on my chicken but I don't know where to buy the lidocaine to numb the area. I have done extensive research on the minor surgery required to empty crop. Does anyone know where I can purchase some from? Or what other numbing solution I can purchase to perform the surgery? I already know where I can purchase everything else I need. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Kiki]

You do NOT have to numb the area to do crop surgery.

 

[Kiki]

Have you read through this yet, there may be something in it that you haven't yet tried:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...d-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments.67194/

 

[Avalon0412]

Have you read through this yet, there may be something in it that you haven't yet tried:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...d-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments.67194/[/QUOTE
This article was extremely informative. My Pepper has been like this for almost 2 weeks so I don't know if it will work but I'm willing to try anything before cutting her open. I will update her progress. Thanks so much for the info.

 

[Avalon0412]

I want to thank everyone for the all the feedback to my question. I truly appreciated it. My "Black bird" as my son with autism so lovingly named her passed yesterday. Never got to do the surgery as my only help at home was my husband and he backed out from helping me. He preferred I keep feeding and massaging. It didn't work. I opened her up after to see what had killed my little darling and found it was a piece of plastic bag about 2" long by maybe 3/4" wide. It wasn't letting anything pass. I'm truly sad especially since a stray cat got in my yard and killed my husbands favorite "The white bird" and a few weeks before that I'd lost "The brown bird" to same crop issue. These were my son's pets and he loved them so we will have to replace them but I will miss them. They were so friendly. Anyhow, thank you all for all your words of wisdom.

 

[Avalon0412]

My beauties. "Brown bird" (francesca), "Black bird" (pepper) and "White bird" (killer) I'm gonna miss them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm so sorry.

 

[Avalon0412]

I'm so sorry.

Thanks Wyorp, my prayers are that my son's next little darlings are better off. My husband felt bad for not helping me do the surgery so he's been making up for it by fixing the area where the new additions will be. He's cleared out a section, no dry grass or any type of minutes garbage or big pebbles and things. It will be better. No more free roaming unless we are outside with them because of the stray cats but we will care for them with a little more experience.

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[Wyorp Rock]

That's nice that your husband is going to help out. I hope all goes well with your next chicks.