crooked beak with an impacted crop.....help!

[branston]

My 7 month old crooked beak seems to have developed an impacted crop. Her crop hasn't gone down since yesterday morning and she won't accept any food (we syringe feed her 3 times a day with Lafeber's nutritional support and organice baby food, grren beans, peas, peaches, apples etc) This morning I got some olive oil down her and massaged her crop for a good 10 minutes. Is there anything else I should be doing? Many thanks

 

[crawfordmama]

I'm sorry about your baby!

I haven't had to deal with an impacted crop (knock on wood), but I think you need to keep at it with the olive oil and massages to get it down. I would try a few more times in the same day. Other than crop surgery, I'm not sure what else would help.

 

[branston]

thank you Crawfordmama for your help! C'mon you chicken experts! I REALLY need you now! Please help! My kids and I will be devastated if we lose this little hen!

 

[tac]

Hello.
I just went throuh this with one of my hens . I talked to an old farmer down the road, and he told me to give her some
honey he said about a tee spoon full . He said the honey will kill the backteria in her crop. He said he hasent lost a
chicken or turcky yet . I cant tell you how it worked because when I got back from his house my hen was dead.
Hpoe this helps and good luck.
TAC.

 

[branston]

Thanks so much to all that replied and thanks for the honey tip, that's brilliant! Our crooked beak is now doing fine and everything is moving again, thank goodness! I gave her olive oil 3 times during yesterday along with plently of water, massaged her crop several times and it did the trick! Will definately write that down about the honey!

 

[seminolewind]

Keep doing what you're doing. Oil and liquidy food. And try to massage the mass 3-4 times a day. I had one hen that took a week, and one that took 2 weeks. Both got better and I noticed they were pooping out alot of fiberous stuff, so I knew the blockage was moving along.