Hello fellow Chicken People!
My EE hen Holly has what I suspect is an impacted crop. It’s very full and when I try to massage it - I can feel pellets and hen scratch in there, but no big solid wads of anything. My chickens don’t free range so I doubt it’s grass, though she may have eaten some of the wood shavings in their coop.
She‘s been this way for maybe a week, and I just this morning brought her inside to watch her and try to fix the problem because other than the full crop and her not laying for over a week, she is acting totally normal (tail up with feathers fanned, no droopy wings, alert with bright eyes etc).
I started giving her olive oil (about 3 eyedroppers full at a time, starting last night then three times today) and massaging her crop. There is some material getting through because her first poop inside this morning had lots of solids with runny material, but after that it was mostly milky white liquid with a little solid material. Her poop has always been on the runny side, so the current runny poop may not be an indication of anything. I’m attaching pictures of the first poop and one from later today.
I fed her a scrambled egg with a little garlic powder and dried oregano - she scarfed it right down. Now she wants me to take her back outside, but I want to keep her away from solid food for a while.
I put NutraDrench in her water this morning, then switched it out for water with hen probiotics and electrolytes.
I just want to make sure I’m doing everything for her. I go back to work tomorrow, but could leave her ins another day so she doesn’t eat any more solid food.
Any thoughts from the experts out there? Thanks!
My EE hen Holly has what I suspect is an impacted crop. It’s very full and when I try to massage it - I can feel pellets and hen scratch in there, but no big solid wads of anything. My chickens don’t free range so I doubt it’s grass, though she may have eaten some of the wood shavings in their coop.
She‘s been this way for maybe a week, and I just this morning brought her inside to watch her and try to fix the problem because other than the full crop and her not laying for over a week, she is acting totally normal (tail up with feathers fanned, no droopy wings, alert with bright eyes etc).
I started giving her olive oil (about 3 eyedroppers full at a time, starting last night then three times today) and massaging her crop. There is some material getting through because her first poop inside this morning had lots of solids with runny material, but after that it was mostly milky white liquid with a little solid material. Her poop has always been on the runny side, so the current runny poop may not be an indication of anything. I’m attaching pictures of the first poop and one from later today.
I fed her a scrambled egg with a little garlic powder and dried oregano - she scarfed it right down. Now she wants me to take her back outside, but I want to keep her away from solid food for a while.
I put NutraDrench in her water this morning, then switched it out for water with hen probiotics and electrolytes.
I just want to make sure I’m doing everything for her. I go back to work tomorrow, but could leave her ins another day so she doesn’t eat any more solid food.
Any thoughts from the experts out there? Thanks!
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