Desert_Fox
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Hello everyone.
I have 2 clinical cases with 2 Orpington hens, both around 9 months old, living in the same coop.
They lived in a coop with 1 rooster + 3 hens, the floor is wood and wheat straw over it, all my flock is dewormed, every 3 to 4 months
All behaving totally normal, except one who had her head always lying low, and did not eat as much as the others, but was still eating.
Hen 1 (started 3 weeks ago)
I've checked her crop, and it looked impacted, I've isolated her, been giving her coconut oil, and scrambled eggs and so on, but still wasn't eating much, after a few days without emptying her crop, I did crop surgery, (2 weeks ago) which was successful, no significant blood loss, and managed to remove everything, the contents were mostly straw with a weird smell. After 24 hours started giving her yogurt, she drinks some, but not voluntarily, same with water. 3 days ago gave her water with molasses, she drank some, but she barely has something in her stomach, she poops some white/green liquid, but only in small amounts, what I've noticed is she gets air/gas inside her crop very often, i massage it, it goes away, but a few hours later is back.
Hen 2 (started 2 weeks ago)
Was eating normally, but had a huge crop, isolated her, tried the same procedure as hen1, but the crop wouldn't empty, some liquid with a horrible smell would come out of her beak, if i massaged her crop, i was afraid she would aspirate some, so as last resort 1 week ago did crop surgery too, it was partially successful, there was some significant blood loss, but removed all i could see, mostly straw and some little stones, but a few hours after surgery noticed there was some still inside her crop, did give her water with molasses too, and she pooped some white green liquid in a significant amount, does not eat or drink a lot, but does so on her own. But still has some stuff (small amount) trapped inside her crop.
Hen 3 (1 week ago)
One day wasn't moving much or eating, only drinking a lot, no impactation on her crop, but had a pasty vent, with green poop, i suspected it was salmonellosis, gave her Norfloxacin, next day she was better, 2 days later back to normal.
Rooster - totally normal
After the case with hen 3, i gave Norfloxacin to hens 1 & 2, but the situation does not change.
So to cut it short:
Hen 1 does not eat or drink anything significant unless i help her to do so, moves around a little bit, and gets air/gas in her crop.
Hen 2 still has a small impactation, but drinks and eats a little bit on her own.
Hen 3 had what i suspected was a case of salmonellosis, and recovered in 3 days.
Note: i have 11 coops, i use the same straw on all of them, all the chickens get the same feed, and the same water. And I'm only having troubles with my orpington flock.
Any ideas what i can do for hen 1 and 2?
Many thanks in advance
I have 2 clinical cases with 2 Orpington hens, both around 9 months old, living in the same coop.
They lived in a coop with 1 rooster + 3 hens, the floor is wood and wheat straw over it, all my flock is dewormed, every 3 to 4 months
All behaving totally normal, except one who had her head always lying low, and did not eat as much as the others, but was still eating.
Hen 1 (started 3 weeks ago)
I've checked her crop, and it looked impacted, I've isolated her, been giving her coconut oil, and scrambled eggs and so on, but still wasn't eating much, after a few days without emptying her crop, I did crop surgery, (2 weeks ago) which was successful, no significant blood loss, and managed to remove everything, the contents were mostly straw with a weird smell. After 24 hours started giving her yogurt, she drinks some, but not voluntarily, same with water. 3 days ago gave her water with molasses, she drank some, but she barely has something in her stomach, she poops some white/green liquid, but only in small amounts, what I've noticed is she gets air/gas inside her crop very often, i massage it, it goes away, but a few hours later is back.
Hen 2 (started 2 weeks ago)
Was eating normally, but had a huge crop, isolated her, tried the same procedure as hen1, but the crop wouldn't empty, some liquid with a horrible smell would come out of her beak, if i massaged her crop, i was afraid she would aspirate some, so as last resort 1 week ago did crop surgery too, it was partially successful, there was some significant blood loss, but removed all i could see, mostly straw and some little stones, but a few hours after surgery noticed there was some still inside her crop, did give her water with molasses too, and she pooped some white green liquid in a significant amount, does not eat or drink a lot, but does so on her own. But still has some stuff (small amount) trapped inside her crop.
Hen 3 (1 week ago)
One day wasn't moving much or eating, only drinking a lot, no impactation on her crop, but had a pasty vent, with green poop, i suspected it was salmonellosis, gave her Norfloxacin, next day she was better, 2 days later back to normal.
Rooster - totally normal
After the case with hen 3, i gave Norfloxacin to hens 1 & 2, but the situation does not change.
So to cut it short:
Hen 1 does not eat or drink anything significant unless i help her to do so, moves around a little bit, and gets air/gas in her crop.
Hen 2 still has a small impactation, but drinks and eats a little bit on her own.
Hen 3 had what i suspected was a case of salmonellosis, and recovered in 3 days.
Note: i have 11 coops, i use the same straw on all of them, all the chickens get the same feed, and the same water. And I'm only having troubles with my orpington flock.
Any ideas what i can do for hen 1 and 2?
Many thanks in advance
