Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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Palestrina and Brahms

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[BY Bob]

I’d have to get rid of all of them! They all eat long grass and hay - may end up doing 50 of these surgeries! I’ll get good at it!

It could be like an assembly line!

 

[BY Bob]

Yay. I caught a Cookie fluffy butt.
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She did not approve of me doing that and demanded an explanation!
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Oh gosh! She is so darn adorable!

 

[BY Bob]

Happy Friday

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy Friday

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So sparklingly clean!

 

[BY Bob]

Fly high and kerchunk in bird heaven, Screamer
Neighbors dog got her.
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They are looking into an invisible fence between our properties. And buying me more keets/eggs in spring.

I really hate uncontrolled dogs. They are terrible. I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[Sally PB]

Has anyone heard from @TOMTE?

 

[BY Bob]

I'm getting Caturday in early.

A lot of my pictures were lost after my phone locked and had to be reset. So all of Olivers pictures went.

Here he is on Wednesday morning waiting for his dinner on Nancy's kitchen bed.

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Poor Oliver
We have had heavy rain all day so he's hiding on his kennel . But I have given him extra food.. he's had turkey beef and pork mince, all mixed up as a special treat this evening

Extra food in a warm kennel is not too bad. You are doing right by him.

 

[BY Bob]

I have Crop Girl. I didn't do any flushing, but did clean out a bit MORE stuff than you did total. Also - I don't know if you did this or not, but they suggest skin incision and crop incision are offset (I did that). I didn't have absorbable thread - I super-glued the crop incision, and stitched the skin incision. I fed her liquid food for the first 3-4 days or so, then went to soft foods (i.e. mash, scrambled eggs, etc.

For the 'liquid' food, scrambled raw egg, and very diluted baby bird food - so it was very runny, not paste-like. You can also add in honey or something similar for additional calories. From what I have read, introducing more solid food too soon can create pendulous crop - which can cause more crop issues later on.

I don't have access to a vet, so couldn't get anti-biotics for HER, so I ended up giving her my amoxicillin premeds. I also used a mix of essential oils, including clove for numbing, at the surgery site.

Note sure if you have any additional questions beyond what I've posted here?

Anbesol is a great topical anesthetic. It is benzocaine. I have it in my kit in case I ever have to work on skin. It lasts about 15 minutes so you may want to reapply if things take too long.

https://www.amazon.com/Anbesol-Gel-Maximum-Strength-0-33/dp/B0006GBEJ4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=Y55B0LNGU6J6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mRYtXoYAD70GB40XTRhZ4H3xaWyeUgP19uqIJ37-YIlUJOA5wtI9qX831oEpkczkseVmIJR5mkpiiQq5ksJPRJ-cPcE-mSYEHkKfXR9LwOuCa6gjGGIFZ9_1DMHHXXxwRFyWEQ3o_CkxOEQhMoBr8dBsQKTf8-IUfNbIWhxczCJUSscLGrMlFKfGdk36MKt6kOVzNpS-gzCV2MLJppankw.i2UaEFCbcl2cDso8ttFNm-cQDmGH2nopvnuvbymKYJ4&dib_tag=se&keywords=anbesol&qid=1763164245&rdc=1&sprefix=anbesol,aps,565&sr=8-1

 

[BY Bob]

@Ponypoor
Here are the links to the various threads on feeding post crop surgery.
My speed reading summary is wait for some indeterminant amount of time up to 24 hours and then feed very soft food - as @bgmathteach describes, runny, for about a week. Here are the posts:

In this first one, azygous weighs in and she usually knows what she is talking about.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-problems-advice-needed.1678922/post-28883930

This one relays what the vet told them.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...cken-after-crop-surgery.1679440/post-28902947

Another one.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...cken-after-crop-surgery.1679440/post-28896695

Bookmarked. These are vital resources. Thanks for running them down for us all.