Crop issues advuce please

Featherchick

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Sep 6, 2024
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Hi, I've got a Pekin Bantam that had a large crop that wasn't emptying overnight despite massaging etc. We took her to the Vet who did crop surgery and emptied and flushed it a week ago.
Since then we have fed her mushed up crumbles with a bit of live yoghurt and oil as directed. Her crop though doesn't empty again overnight. She's really keen to eat and is pooping but this crop doesn't seem to move much. On advice of the vet she has had a dose of a type of laxative to no avail. I'm still massaging her crop and feeding mushy meals. Is there anything else I could try? Does this indicate a blockage elsewhere in the digestive tract ? I thought not as she is pooping but? ... she is a sweet little bird and we want to give her every chance. Anyone with experience of this please?
 
Does her crop hang down lower than other chickens' do? Can you post a picture of her standing sideways to the camera? Want to see if she has what's called pendulous crop.
 

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