I HAVE TWO CHICKS THAT MY MOM GOT AT TSC FOR MY SON THAT ARE HAVING CROP ISSUES. I AM NOT SURE WHAT BREED THE CHICKENS ARE, THEY ARE WHITE WITH JUST A FEW BLACK DOTS ON THEM. THEY ARE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A MONTH TO TWO MONTHS OLD, BUT THAT IS JUST GUESSING ON MY PART. I NOTICED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THEY WOULD EAT THEN LAY DOWN AND START BREATHING HARD SO I ADDED SOME GRIT FOR BABY CHICKS TO THEIR DIET TO SEE IF IT WOULD HELP OUT AND FOR THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS IT DID. LAST NIGHT MY SISTER FED THEM SINCE I WAS LATE GETTING HOME AND DIDN'T PUT THE GRIT IN FOR THEM, I ALSO HAVE NO CLUE HOW MUCH FOOD SHE PUT OUT FOR THEM. BY THE TIME I GOT HOME AND HAD OUR NIGHTLY CUDDLE TIME ON THE COUCH WATCHING TV THEIR CROP WAS REALLY BIG, JUST A BIT BIGGER THAN A GOLF BALL AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE HELD AT ALL. WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR THESE CHICKS SINCE THEY USUALLY CUDDLE UP WITH THE BLANKET AND GO TO SLEEP FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR. I SEPERATED THEM FROM THE OTHER CHICKS, SOMEHOW MY SON TALKED MY MOM INTO TEN BABY CHICKS, AND GAVE THEM PLENTY OF WATER WITH ELECTROLYTES AND VITAMINS (A PACKET FOR CHICKENS I GOT FROM THEM FEED AND SEED STORE) AND LEFT THEM LIKE THAT LAST NIGHT. I GOT UP OFF AND ON ALL NIGHT CHECKING ON THEM AND OTHER THAN BEING GROUCHY FOR ME WAKING THEM UP THEY SEEMED TO BE DOING OK. THIS MORNING THERE WAS A LOT OF POOP FROM THEM LAST NIGHT, AND I MEAN A LOT. THE CROP HAS GONE BACK DOWN, I THINK ALL THE WAY, SO I PUT THEM BACK IN WITH THE OTHER CHICKS AGAIN AND LET THEM EAT SOME. THIS JUST HAS ME WORRIED THOUGH BECAUSE THERE FOR A WHILE LAST NIGHT THEY WERE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME BREATHING AND I WASN'T SURE FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS IF THEY WOULD MAKE IT OR NOT. SO THIS MORNING I AM SITTING AT WORK, WORRIED ABOUT THE CHICKS, GROUCHY FROM LACK OF SLEEP AND NOT SURE WHY THIS HAPPENED, WHAT CAUSED IT, OR WHAT ELSE I CAN DO TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADVICE OR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE HELP SINCE I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.
