Ccort
Crowing
My 3.5ish year old hen had a somewhat hard and very full crop this morning. I gave her some veg oil this morning and massages the crop. I also put probiotics and electrolytes in her water and took away her food.
Note-shes been going through a rather long and tedious molt
This afternoon, the crop feels like it's becoming sour crop. There is no noticable lump inside, but now a large, squishy crop. I gave her yeast infection cream and olive oil, continued the probiotic/electrolyte water and have been off and on massaging her crop. So far, it hasn't changed shape.
However, what's throwing me off from my normal experiences with sour crop/impaction is that she's still hungry and not at all lethargic. She just wants to go on her merry way like nothing is wrong! She seems quite hungry so I did give her one raw egg but do not plan to allow any more food today/tonight.
Could I be looking at something other than sour crop? Her stool is a green color, although she isn't passing any now because she didn't have an food most of the day. It also had some fibrous material/grass so maybe that's why it's green.
Note-shes been going through a rather long and tedious molt
This afternoon, the crop feels like it's becoming sour crop. There is no noticable lump inside, but now a large, squishy crop. I gave her yeast infection cream and olive oil, continued the probiotic/electrolyte water and have been off and on massaging her crop. So far, it hasn't changed shape.
However, what's throwing me off from my normal experiences with sour crop/impaction is that she's still hungry and not at all lethargic. She just wants to go on her merry way like nothing is wrong! She seems quite hungry so I did give her one raw egg but do not plan to allow any more food today/tonight.
Could I be looking at something other than sour crop? Her stool is a green color, although she isn't passing any now because she didn't have an food most of the day. It also had some fibrous material/grass so maybe that's why it's green.
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