CHICKEN LOOKS SICK PLEASE HELP

[phoenix-silkie]

what do you mean check her coop and keep it emptied? shes in the house

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Her crop is a organ . You feel it at the front of her chest right were her neck ends.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

http://www.poultryhelp.com/impactedcrop.html Has picture should help

 

[phoenix-silkie]

oh sorry i read it rong

 

[phoenix-silkie]

now should i take the food out over night?

why do i want it emptied?

 

[casportpony]

now should i take the food out over night?

why do i want it emptied?

Leave food and water with her. No need to remove it. Check her crop in the morning and see if it has food in it.

-Kathy

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Lol its ok, i didnt know anything about birds for a long time about their anatomy i learned about the crop i didnt know what it was. I was reading and saw some one say something about a chickens crop and i was like what the heck kind of crop does a chicken have. I googled it and felt silly. I was thinking plant not organ and learn all birds have one. I am studing to be a vet slowly and havent gotten to biology just english classes i known big mammals not birds lol.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

If her crop not empty it
Could mean she having problems with digesting such as an impact crop or sour crop. And some worms can be located in the crop and cause health issues. I been doing lots of research since we gotten chickens.

 

[casportpony]

Quote:

Full crop

-Kathy

 

[phoenix-silkie]

why should the crop be emptied?

thanks again for every ones help!!