thefluffbutts
In the Brooder
Hello, chicken world! Its been so long since I've had a sick chook, I was hoping to keep my streak up!
I have an approximately 1.5-year-old Belgian D'uccle weighing around300-400g. She has been having some crop issues for a while now and I have run out of ideas to fix them. First, I thought she had impacted crop, so I was giving her crop massages, syringing water and holding back food. For a while, she seemed cured, but a week later when checking on her in the morning, her crop emptying had stopped again. So, I started the process over but still no change. This morning when I was giving the flock some wet cat food I noticed she was struggling to swallow. She was stretching her neck out funny and not moving, even when a hen higher in the pecking order came over. It only lasted around 10 seconds before she continued eating. This happened about 2-3 times. I had a good look down her throat to check for worms, cankers or a blockage, but it all seemed normal. These two things probably aren't related to each other but I've said them just in case they were. No other birds are exhibiting these symptoms. I've checked her over and there don't seem to be any injuries or broken bones.
Shes been eating her normal seed, wet cat food, kitchen scraps, canned corn and live mealworms. Her poos have been normal thus far.
I would like to try and treat her myself as we only have regular vets here, no specilist bird vets. They will see her but I feel like we dont get the best care.
Usually, she'll sleeep on the top roost with a bedding of wood shavings sutible for poultry, but recently we ran out of that and she has had hay. I fear she may have a string of that stuck in her crop.
If anyone has any ideas what could be wrong please let me know! If you've experienced this before, tell me how you treated your bird and the outcome! Thank you.
I have an approximately 1.5-year-old Belgian D'uccle weighing around300-400g. She has been having some crop issues for a while now and I have run out of ideas to fix them. First, I thought she had impacted crop, so I was giving her crop massages, syringing water and holding back food. For a while, she seemed cured, but a week later when checking on her in the morning, her crop emptying had stopped again. So, I started the process over but still no change. This morning when I was giving the flock some wet cat food I noticed she was struggling to swallow. She was stretching her neck out funny and not moving, even when a hen higher in the pecking order came over. It only lasted around 10 seconds before she continued eating. This happened about 2-3 times. I had a good look down her throat to check for worms, cankers or a blockage, but it all seemed normal. These two things probably aren't related to each other but I've said them just in case they were. No other birds are exhibiting these symptoms. I've checked her over and there don't seem to be any injuries or broken bones.
Shes been eating her normal seed, wet cat food, kitchen scraps, canned corn and live mealworms. Her poos have been normal thus far.
I would like to try and treat her myself as we only have regular vets here, no specilist bird vets. They will see her but I feel like we dont get the best care.
Usually, she'll sleeep on the top roost with a bedding of wood shavings sutible for poultry, but recently we ran out of that and she has had hay. I fear she may have a string of that stuck in her crop.
If anyone has any ideas what could be wrong please let me know! If you've experienced this before, tell me how you treated your bird and the outcome! Thank you.
