Emergency!! Help! Quickly, please!!!!!!!!

[Tanith BHH]

Oh thanks . But what about the swelling? Why had she got it?

 

[Tanith BHH]

i wont be able to get any coconut oil today
if at all.
Where might I be able to get it? anyone know about the swelling?

 

[Irishgirl]

You can usually get coconut oil at HEB, I'm sorry I don't know much else about something like this.

 

[SarahInAlaska]

In a quick pinch Walmart sells organic coconut oil in the aisle with vitamins.

 

[Haunted55]

You can also use olive oil or even vegetable oil if that's all you have. You are trying to 'grease' things up so they can get through easier.

 

[FionasFam]

Walmart sometimes carries coconut oil in the baking aisle with the other oils. It is usually in a glass jar. Good luck

 

[chooks4life]

Is that lump in the crop's general muscle bag (if you know what I mean) or is it a free, loose lump under the skin? Is it soft or hard, can you feel objects in it or is it solid, is it hot or cold or normal body temperature?

As for her stance, if it's improved like it has then it's not a broken wishbone; also I wouldn't worry about the glass in the poop because of the lack of blood; but I have seen that particular neck position before in what I assume was a gizzard bound cockerel. I olive oiled him to recovery. He was jittering and twittering rapidly due to fermented blockage toxifying his blood stream.

Other than that, depending on your responses to my questions about the lump, it could be a snake or spider bite, or something else again...

 

[Bush Chickens]

 

[Tanith BHH]

Thanks everyone for your replies. In answer to chooks4life, I will have to go and check about the swelling.
I have now just put together a list of possible causes and which ones we have been able to cross off the list.
Egg bound. No.
Bite. I really don't think that's the case. So no..
Fractured/broken wishbone. No.
Crop impaction. She did seem to have it but she would be better now if that was the case. So no.
Internal cut from glass or other sharp object. No as there would have been blood in the poop?
Gizzard bound. This is probably the most likely, which makes me very worried!
Starvation. Just a thought... Maybe she had crop impaction for a while and is just really hungry? But I doubt this.
And here's another thought: what about if she was just having difficulty pooing?! She flew on to the perch last night which I thought was a good sign? I checked this morning under where she had been sitting and found hardly any poop, and the one there was was sloppy though it did contain some whole grains.. I don't know if there is any condition like that?
Thank you.

 

[Tanith BHH]

Is that lump in the crop's general muscle bag (if you know what I mean) or is it a free, loose lump under the skin? Is it soft or hard, can you feel objects in it or is it solid, is it hot or cold or normal body temperature?

As for her stance, if it's improved like it has then it's not a broken wishbone; also I wouldn't worry about the glass in the poop because of the lack of blood; but I have seen that particular neck position before in what I assume was a gizzard bound cockerel. I olive oiled him to recovery. He was jittering and twittering rapidly due to fermented blockage toxifying his blood stream.

Other than that, depending on your responses to my questions about the lump, it could be a snake or spider bite, or something else again...

The swelling has gone down now there is only a slight difference in coloration left..

Quick update: when I went up there just now she was with the others by the gate into their run. I gave them some mealworms (dried) and she also ate quite a few. Then she scratched a bit, before again standing still. definitely not as lively as the others though. I picked her up and her crop is soft but seems to be full of liquid... and she drank loads this morning, but that could just be that yesterday she didn't drink anything.. she refuses to eat anything other than mealworms. And she is feeling thinner than usual.. Any ideas? If she is gizzard bound what can I do about it?
Thank you everyone for your help so far.