Empty Crop

[Taylermartin]

The past two night my faverolles have had an empty crop, not just a little empty but to the point of not able to find it. All my other girls have nice full crops. She seems to be one of the lowest on the pecking order. I made her some hard boiled eggs which she ate but not to fill her while crop. She probably had a tablespoon but I could feel it in the crop as well. The only changes I've made in the past week have been a new feeder that is off the ground and treated all my birds with Medistatin and mite powder. She is also starting to molt.

 

[sourland]

I would provide an alternate feeding station to assure that she is getting enough to eat. She may be having trouble using the new feeder.

 

[Taylermartin]

I would provide an alternate feeding station to assure that she is getting enough to eat. She may be having trouble using the new feeder.

Her crop was a little bit more full tonight but not even close to my other girls. I watched her eat and she didn't seem as interested as the others. Does molting cause feeding to go down?