Fresh papaya seeds to help digest crop contents?

[Chickerella2012]

I was able to smash the pea!!!!

 

[Chickerella2012]

Thanks for all this interesting info.

you're very welcome!

 

[MysteryChicken]

I was able to smash the pea!!!!

That's good. Did it go down afterwards?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have a young pullet that's been ill for about a week. She's losing weight and I am tube feeding her high fat baby bird feed. Before I started tube feeding her, I fed her thawed corn and peas. Evidently one pea is too big to exit the crop. So it's been sitting in there for 3 days...
No matter how much or long I massage her crop, that one pea won't budge! I read that fresh papaya seeds help with digestion of the crop contents? Getting some in a little bit.
She digests everything just fine, except that one pea...
Any thoughts?
I appreciate any help

I read that it's the flesh of the fruit and not the seeds that have the digestive enzymes. But will give her both, just to make sure. Yes, papaya and the seeds are great for chickens.
And yes, I've used coconut oil and olive oil to help with that. That one pea won't budge. It sits at the very bottom of the crop. Have massaged it up towards the middle. That pea won't go

she digests and expels the liquid feed just fine. Just not that one pea

Papaya seeds are not grit.

How old is this pullet for 1 pea to stop up the crop?
Can you get photos of her and her poop?

I would suspect something else is going on if she's "ill" and losing weight.

Grit (crushed granite) should be supplied free choice - this is used in the gizzard to help process foods.

If she's sick (tell us more about her symptoms) then I would make sure she's drinking well and offer her wet poultry feed. No other treats like corn, peas, scratch until she's better and gaining weight.

 

[Chickerella2012]

Papaya seeds are not grit.

How old is this pullet for 1 pea to stop up the crop?
Can you get photos of her and her poop?

I would suspect something else is going on if she's "ill" and losing weight.

Grit (crushed granite) should be supplied free choice - this is used in the gizzard to help process foods.

If she's sick (tell us more about her symptoms) then I would make sure she's drinking well and offer her wet poultry feed. No other treats like corn, peas, scratch until she's better and gaining weight.

I have almost every base covered. The papaya isn't supposed to help grind the pea down, the fruit flesh has digestive enzymes that help break down foods in the crop of the bird
I've ran fecal floats, multiple ones. She's free and clear of coccidia oocysts and internal parasites. She is one of 5 juveniles that I had shipped to me. She never looked right. Like the runt that fails to catch up. She never put on the weight the others put on, no matter what she ate. Right now I am tube feeding her high fat baby bird feed, plus probiotics, electrolytes, vitamins etc. After I smashed the pea, it went down and out, the crop was able to completely empty. She drank on her own after a week of not showing any interest at all. Today she's standing again!

 

[Chickerella2012]

Papaya seeds are not grit.

How old is this pullet for 1 pea to stop up the crop?
Can you get photos of her and her poop?

I would suspect something else is going on if she's "ill" and losing weight.

Grit (crushed granite) should be supplied free choice - this is used in the gizzard to help process foods.

If she's sick (tell us more about her symptoms) then I would make sure she's drinking well and offer her wet poultry feed. No other treats like corn, peas, scratch until she's better and gaining weight.

And the thawed peas and corn were more for moisture than anything else, until my hand feeding formula arrived. Before that I fed her all flock pellets by beak and syringed water afterwards.

 

[RevlisRemmah]

I have almost every base covered. The papaya isn't supposed to help grind the pea down, the fruit flesh has digestive enzymes that help break down foods in the crop of the bird
I've ran fecal floats, multiple ones. She's free and clear of coccidia oocysts and internal parasites. She is one of 5 juveniles that I had shipped to me. She never looked right. Like the runt that fails to catch up. She never put on the weight the others put on, no matter what she ate. Right now I am tube feeding her high fat baby bird feed, plus probiotics, electrolytes, vitamins etc. After I smashed the pea, it went down and out, the crop was able to completely empty. She drank on her own after a week of not showing any interest at all. Today she's standing again!

That’s great news! Like @Wyorp Rock said, make sure they have access to grit at all times so you don’t have future issues with digestion!

 

[Chickerella2012]

That's good. Did it go down afterwards?

Yes it did!

 

[Chickerella2012]

That’s great news! Like @Wyorp Rock said, make sure they have access to grit at all times so you don’t have future issues with digestion!

I know, the issue was, she didn't touch any food nor water, she didn't eat or drink on her own, so the peas were merely bulky moisture source/food until the baby bird formula arrived the next day. I guess that pea was just tad too big.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have almost every base covered. The papaya isn't supposed to help grind the pea down, the fruit flesh has digestive enzymes that help break down foods in the crop of the bird

She never put on the weight the others put on, no matter what she ate. Right now I am tube feeding her high fat baby bird feed, plus probiotics, electrolytes, vitamins etc. After I smashed the pea, it went down and out, the crop was able to completely empty. She drank on her own after a week of not showing any interest at all. Today she's standing again!

""Fresh papaya seeds to help digest crop contents?""
Yes, I understand about the fruit flesh it wouldn't necessarily hurt her, but your title says "seeds to help digest contents"

Eh, personally I would not bother with any of that - use the baby bird formula, keep her hydrated and see how it goes.
Not sure how old she is, hopefully she will pull through a lot of runts do, but some fail to thrive.
I'm glad she's able to stand now it sounds like she's improving a little.
Keep us posted.