crop with grit/pebbles

[azygous]

Feathers are something all chickens eat. Their bodies digest them as a source of protein and roughage. It usually involves fluff feathers, though, not the hard feathers.

There are some chickens that have a disorder called "pica". This can affect other animals, as well as humans. It causes them to crave non-food items such as dirt, pebbles, paper, even hardware like screws. This can result in crop impaction when a chicken has it. It's extremely hard to treat.

All you can do is resort to the coconut oil and stool softeners when you have a chicken with it. If the thing in the crop is hard or sharp, raw egg white can create a slippery condition in the crop to help move the foreign stuff through the digestive system.

 

[redriding]

Feathers are something all chickens eat. Their bodies digest them as a source of protein and roughage. It usually involves fluff feathers, though, not the hard feathers.

There are some chickens that have a disorder called "pica". This can affect other animals, as well as humans. It causes them to crave non-food items such as dirt, pebbles, paper, even hardware like screws. This can result in crop impaction when a chicken has it. It's extremely hard to treat.

All you can do is resort to the coconut oil and stool softeners when you have a chicken with it. If the thing in the crop is hard or sharp, raw egg white can create a slippery condition in the crop to help move the foreign stuff through the digestive system.

chickens seem worse than kids in so far that everything goes in the mouth…caught another one yesterday sampling a piece of paper she found

how do i feed her raw egg white (no yolk) just in a bowl ?

 

[azygous]

Feed the raw egg white in a small bowl or you can tube feed it into the crop to get it in quickly and thoroughly.

 

[Flysistakrista]

How’s your chicken doing? Mine still has a gritty crop, but she’s acting normally… except the halt in eggs. She laid her first in early Jan, I think three or four in total, and nothing since. Sour crop is gone but she’s not emptying still, I have her in a crop bra now while I scratch my head.

 

[redriding]

How’s your chicken doing? Mine still has a gritty crop, but she’s acting normally… except the halt in eggs. She laid her first in early Jan, I think three or four in total, and nothing since. Sour crop is gone but she’s not emptying still, I have her in a crop bra now while I scratch my head.

it’s crazy, mine is doing exactly like yours still !! even down to the egg laying. she’s still gritty too and not emptying 100%. at least it not hard packed and has gone down in size though. i can’t feel the feather (twig?) thing anymore so hopefully she passed that. she got a little fluidy again last thursday so im giving her another 5 days of monistat and still giving her coconut oil once in a while. but just like yours she’s acting normal otherwise. i haven’t tried the bra yet. frustrating ! scratching my head over here too,, and trying to be patient

How’s your chicken doing? Mine still has a gritty crop, but she’s acting normally… except the halt in eggs. She laid her first in early Jan, I think three or four in total, and nothing since. Sour crop is gone but she’s not emptying still, I have her in a crop bra now while I scratch my head.