Hi!
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) ISA Brown. Eleven months. She seems about the same weight as the others of her breed.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She has Bumblefoot, which we treated. She is still limping, since the bumble was really big. Her crop has not emptied overnight. Her breath does not smell, as far as I can tell.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? Since yesterday.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? Some of the others have Bumblefoot, but I haven't noticed the crop issue.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. Nope, except her foot bled when she cut out the bumble.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. Not sure.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. She ate the mash I gave them, fought over a watermelon rind, and ate some scratch.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. It looked normal yesterday.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Massaged the crop.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? I probably have to treat at home.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. Sorry, it's hard to take a picture of a full crop.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use. She is with her twelve LF sisters in a 192sqft run and a four-by-six coop. I use pine shavings in the coop and dirt and wood stove pellets in the run.
Please help!
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) ISA Brown. Eleven months. She seems about the same weight as the others of her breed.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She has Bumblefoot, which we treated. She is still limping, since the bumble was really big. Her crop has not emptied overnight. Her breath does not smell, as far as I can tell.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? Since yesterday.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? Some of the others have Bumblefoot, but I haven't noticed the crop issue.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. Nope, except her foot bled when she cut out the bumble.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. Not sure.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. She ate the mash I gave them, fought over a watermelon rind, and ate some scratch.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. It looked normal yesterday.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Massaged the crop.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? I probably have to treat at home.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. Sorry, it's hard to take a picture of a full crop.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use. She is with her twelve LF sisters in a 192sqft run and a four-by-six coop. I use pine shavings in the coop and dirt and wood stove pellets in the run.
Please help!
