Flopped Comb

[black_cat]

Some breeds like Leghorns ( point of lay pullets ) have a flopped comb. Maybe the RockBarred has genes with such a comb.

Yup!!

 

[Lumley Farm]

Central Florida where in the summer we can get high humidity and 90degrees, and have had a hard freeze two weeks ago at 26degrees. This time of year we fluxuate, today is 70, sunny to partly cloudy. Thanks for the info on my account location!

ooops, didn't think of her not being in there would be a problem.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I did not offer food after 3pm (she ate a cricket) and this morning there was something in her crop, it was not hard, not squishy, but something in there. This morning her poo was small, some white and dark green. Due to my schedule, could not get pix, sorry. I did give her nutri-drench via syringe. She feels so light and just sits at the back of the crate. Offered food, some layer crumbles, some dry oatmeal, and a little of the usual fermented food she is used to. She never smelled like sauerkraut. Her comb and waddles are still nice and red.

I would make water available to her and her normal feed, cut out the oatmeal.
Make sure she's drinking well. I would start with giving her a little coconut oil and go by the rest of the article.

Consider getting a fecal float to see if Coccidiosis and/or worms may be contributing to her decline as well.

 

[aart]

appreciate this, I mostly let her drink it. Can't get the hang of the down the gullet syringe administration.

No reason to syringe if she's drinking on her own.

 

[Lumley Farm]

I would make water available to her and her normal feed, cut out the oatmeal.
Make sure she's drinking well. I would start with giving her a little coconut oil and go by the rest of the article.

Consider getting a fecal float to see if Coccidiosis and/or worms may be contributing to her decline as well.

I certainly will ask my DVM for a float. She did eat some of the softened layer crumbles, and I put her out with the flock in my penned area. She was pecking at the new green shoots too and maybe she'll feel in good company. There is only one head hen that Juney will avert away from (my sweet Black Australorpe!). Watched for awhile and didn't notice bullying. PS: water always available! everywhere and in many locations, fresh. Though today I put nutridrench in the communal waters.

 

[Lumley Farm]

OK, here I am at 508 pm and sunset is 6:16 today. I just gave the girls some blueberries and veggie pasta. My Juney whom I am most concerned about has been put back in the 10X20 area but in a separate crate. She has always loved and devoured the blueberries. She only pecked at them. She has some particulate in her crop, has been out foraging with her mates, and will see how she is in the morning. I will get a fecal sample to my vet for a float. I am not sure what the morning will bring. I am not optimistic about her outcome.

 

[Lumley Farm]

No reason to syringe if she's drinking on her own.

I was giving her extra nutri drench via syringe. not just water, thanks

 

[Lumley Farm]

If her crop is not emptying overnight, then use this article to help you determine what treatment you need to start. Let us know in the morning what it feels like and try to get some photos of her overnight poop too.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

attached are some pics of her over night droppings. The first one does have some food (layer crumbles) in it, otherwise it was totally green. This morning she was raring to go, let her out of the crate, she went to the feeding area in the pen with the others and pecked at food. I took notice that she pecked at the very small crumbles and or bits. Her crop had food in it, but I did leave some in her crate and was out there 90 minutes after sunrise. I massaged it and it seemed the mass got smaller. My vet will need 6 grams of sample per the lab for fecal float. At the rate of her droppings, it may take two to three days and the test may even be false negative due to the time it takes to get to the lab. $55.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Are you giving her any coconut oil and massaging the crop?

I would take out food/water overnight - she should be sleeping, then check the crop before she's had anything to eat/drink.

Do your chickens have a source of grit?

 

[Lumley Farm]

Are you giving her any coconut oil and massaging the crop?

I would take out food/water overnight - she should be sleeping, then check the crop before she's had anything to eat/drink.

Do your chickens have a source of grit?

Ill try that over night regiment. I do supply calcium grit and we live on sand, they eat sand all the time. Thanks for the advice