grannys gone and done it

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: me thinks so and she just used this emoticon!

 

[Watermelon123]

Thanks melon! Glad to see you around.

You too!

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Full house tonight!

Granny and Twist disappeared

me thinks so and she just used this emoticon!

I couldn't even get her to take the bait with a earlier post I made today.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

you all sure he was on because I havent seen him..

 

[Sally Sunshine]

this looks like my thread so many hugs tonight!

 

[Dannachic]

you all sure he was on because I havent seen him..

it showed earlier he was on

 

[ChickenLady2014]

I tried to massage it a little Sally. I said olive oil on my thread but someone said it was bad. So now I've gotta go look.

Hey campin here is my bookmark, this is the one I saved because it makes the most sense to me. 


http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/ImpactedCrop_OldWay.html

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 [COLOR=FF0000]I no longer try to empty crops because I killed birds. [/COLOR]
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First Treatment

You can start by putting an eyedropper full of vegetable oil into the crop and then massaging the crop. This will soften the impaction. Put the dropper all the way back in the bird's mouth and slowly push out the oil. Any vegetable oil is good: olive oil, corn oil, or canola oil.
Mix

• 1/2-cup baking soda
• 1 pint of warm water

Fill the syringe and insert it as far as you can into the mouth of the chicken. Have someone hold the bird upright in front of you. Slowly and very gently fill the crop, do not over fill and get liquid into that hole at the base of the tongue. Gently press up under the chicken’s breast and slide your hand up to the crop. This makes the bird open its mouth and the impacted mess will come out the bird's mouth. Push the contents up and out of the crop and out of the mouth. You can face the bird toward the ground to help empty the crop. Repeat this gentle stroking pressure until nothing comes up.
If there the crop is not empty, flush it again until it is empty.
Once the crop is empty, give another dropper of oil.
Coop the bird away from other birds so it can rest. Provide about a cup of water with 1 teaspoon terramycin dissolved in it. Give no feed.

Second Day

If the bird is droopy on the next day, put molasses in the bird’s water for about four hours (1/4 cup per gallon of water). Remove the molasses water after four hours and give the bird fresh terramycin water. The molasses water will flush soured food from the bird’s digestive system.

Follow Up Treatment

If the crop impacts again, repeat the flush.
Continue the terramycin for 7 days to avoid secondary infection.
After 24 hours, give only soft food for a week or so. This lets the inflamed and irritated crop recover and prevents another impaction.
The soft diet can include crumbles and chopped hard-boiled or microwaved eggs. You can feed bread if it is soaked in milk or buttermilk. Buttermilk is especially good because active culture buttermilk has good bacteria in it that help the bird’s digestion.
Be sure to also give the bird some beneficial bacteria. They keep digestion going correctly and fight disease by crowding out disease bacteria. You can just mix 1-2 teaspoons per bird of ACTIVE culture yogurt with a small amount of food and give this as the only food until they eat it. You can also buy lactobacillus at health food stores, pharmacies, Wal-Mart, and Lake's Unlimited 800-634-2473.
Give no grains, no large pellets, no not soaked bread, and no grass or greens because these can cause another impaction. Feed only things that almost fall apart when wet.
Glenda Heywood likes to feed this for the week

• 1 slice wheat bread
• 1/2-cup buttermilk
• 3 tablespoons active culture yogurt with no artificial sweetener
• Babyfood (or unsweetened) apple sauce (as Barb recommends below).

Adding oil to the food will help avoid another impaction. Cod liver or wheat germ oil are good because they provide vitamins A, D, and E. Only add about 2% of the feed’s weight.

[/quote] Looks good Sally, going to save this info

 

[Granny Hatchet]

it showed earlier he was on

He must of stepped out.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

keep reading Lisa!

 

[Watermelon123]

this looks like my thread so many hugs tonight!

Hugs for everyone!