crop with grit/pebbles

[redriding]

went on holidays for 2 weeks and came back to 1 hen with impacted crop. i’ve been doing coconut oil 2 times a day, massaging and alternating in stool softeners instead some days. also treating with monistat when it didn’t clear after 4 days. it’s no longer hard packed but feels like a bag of pebbles and is boggy/fluidy in the morning. i’ve been putting her in cage every afternoon with just acv water. she’s pooping (cecal poops too) eating, drinking and hyper as ever. is there anything else i can do to help her empty that grit or is she on her own to eventually move it out of her crop ? also, today is day 7 of monistat do i keep going or quit ? thanks !

 

[azygous]

Seven days of Monistat is sufficient. But it can take another week for the grit and gravel to be emptied. You may give a probiotic to help speed this up.

 

[redriding]

Seven days of Monistat is sufficient. But it can take another week for the grit and gravel to be emptied. You may give a probiotic to help speed this up.

ok awesome, good to know ! i was feeling like i failed since it hasn’t emptied yet, so your reply is very encouraging ! i have been giving her yogurt every other day, i will stop monistat after today but continue with coconut oil. thanks for your reply, not only helpful but encouraging for me not to give up

 

[Flysistakrista]

went on holidays for 2 weeks and came back to 1 hen with impacted crop. i’ve been doing coconut oil 2 times a day, massaging and alternating in stool softeners instead some days. also treating with monistat when it didn’t clear after 4 days. it’s no longer hard packed but feels like a bag of pebbles and is boggy/fluidy in the morning. i’ve been putting her in cage every afternoon with just acv water. she’s pooping (cecal poops too) eating, drinking and hyper as ever. is there anything else i can do to help her empty that grit or is she on her own to eventually move it out of her crop ? also, today is day 7 of monistat do i keep going or quit ? thanks !

Thank you for posting this, it’s nearly exactly what’s going on with my hen. I read ALLLLLL the sour crop articles and threads (thank you @azygous) and will be doing the same with my little birdie.

 

[redriding]

Thank you for posting this, it’s nearly exactly what’s going on with my hen. I read ALLLLLL the sour crop articles and threads (thank you @azygous) and will be doing the same with

yes azygous’s thread on sour crop is super helpful

i decided to not lock mine up this afternoon and let her have a full day to chicken. thought i’d experiment if having a little more food in her belly would help ‘pick up’ the grit and move it along. she went to bed SOOOO full it’s not funny. back to jail i think tomorrow since she cant seem to stop stuffing her face

good luck with yours !

 

[azygous]

It's a good sign she has her appetite back. Food in the crop is the best thing to get things moving properly again. Let her eat how much she wants.

 

[redriding]

It's a good sign she has her appetite back. Food in the crop is the best thing to get things moving properly again. Let her eat how much she wants.

oh ! ok that’s good know, i won’t put her in the cage then for the afternoon.

i was wondering, how much coconut oil can i continue to give her. is it something they can have daily, unlimited ? i just wonder if it’s not good for them in excess or for too long a timeframe. is it ok/better to still give stool softener if things move slow ?

 

[azygous]

Hold off on the coconut oil for now. But do make a crop check each morning to assess how the crop is emptying. As I said, following treatment for a crop disorder, it can take another week or so for the crop to be completely empty in the mornings. But as long as the crop is mostly empty, there's no need for any coconut oil or stool softener.

Just patience.

 

[redriding]

Hold off on the coconut oil for now. But do make a crop check each morning to assess how the crop is emptying. As I said, following treatment for a crop disorder, it can take another week or so for the crop to be completely empty in the mornings. But as long as the crop is mostly empty, there's no need for any coconut oil or stool softener.

Just patience.

patience ? what is this word you speak of ? kidding, a very good reminder for me as i tend to get discouraged if i don’t see quick results

so she did a lot of pooping last night! her crop is still boggy/fluidy, almost like thickened water consistency (about golf ball size) and grainy. it is loose though, not hard packed. i gave her a little massage and left her at that. following your advice i will just leave her be and continue to check every morning

 

[redriding]

Hold off on the coconut oil for now. But do make a crop check each morning to assess how the crop is emptying. As I said, following treatment for a crop disorder, it can take another week or so for the crop to be completely empty in the mornings. But as long as the crop is mostly empty, there's no need for any coconut oil or stool softener.

Just patience.

a development… yesterday morning she had a big ‘wad’ impaction again. i massaged it down with coconut oil best i could, but in there i also felt what i think is a feather when i got back from holidays another hen was molting and i caught my patient hen eating her feathers but, i also so her eating small pine needles too so who knows

this morning there was no big impaction but she’s still grainy and a little bloated. i can clearly feel the feather (or twig?) with a bit of a build up around it. it’s about 1” long and i can bend it. i used coconut oil loosened up everything around it again. when i press on her crop sometimes she expels air

is there anything to help breakdown this foreign object (that she shouldn’t have eaten ) or is she just on her own to hopefully move it on ?