Have your chickens ever eaten screws????

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It's been two weeks since she ate the screw. I'm going to run the metal detector over her again today to see if it's still there. If it seems like it's in her crop i'm going to bring her in to work tomorrow and do radiographs. If they confirm it's in her crop, i'll anesthetize her and pull it out. If i think it's moved out of her crop i'm going to leave it.
 
Believe it or not, I'm actually surprised that you're having problems with the screw. One of my hens ate a screw and is still happy and healthy!
 
llandry said:
It's been two weeks since she ate the screw. I'm going to run the metal detector over her again today to see if it's still there. If it seems like it's in her crop i'm going to bring her in to work tomorrow and do radiographs. If they confirm it's in her crop, i'll anesthetize her and pull it out. If i think it's moved out of her crop i'm going to leave it.
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Wow would a screw stay in the crop for that long? Not sure if you saw this thread but here it is just in case
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...from-crop-yikes-update-good-news#post_9765523

Its a LOT easier to deal with while its in the crop. Once it leaves there its a whole different ball game.
 
darwinchooks said:
Believe it or not, I'm actually surprised that you're having problems with the screw. One of my hens ate a screw and is still happy and healthy!
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she's actually not having any problems at all. she's great! That's why i was only going to do something if it was stuck in her crop. It's out of her crop and most likely sitting pretty in her gizzard. I've heard so many mixed opinions and scenarios either on the forum or from people i work with at the vet hospital on possible outcomes.

Most feel that since the screw was small, and stainless steel which won't break down in her body, chances are in her favor. An exotics specialist i work with feels that all of the grit they eat will actually wear the screw down a bit and make it bit smoother and that she can live her whole life with it there.

while she's happy, healthy, and symptom free, i'm going with the ignorance is bliss route.
 
UPDATE:

Day 6 post-op surgery of the gizzard.

Eating up a STORM!
This is her first day off the heat lamp, and will return to her girlfriends and Rooster tomorrow evening upon lock down time
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My BF let the hens out this afternoon (a very warm 55 degrees here today), and they found Bea in the garage sitting in her cage! Franky (my RIR Rooster) was very upset to see her where he could not control her. He was doing his left wing, right wing dance all around Beatrice!!! It was too funny... the only hen that was really worried about Bea was my RIR, Mary ~ I call her my "Mother Hen Mary". She didn't leave her side for almost 30 minutes ~ so sweet.

Thank you everybody who supported me through this difficult time.
I could not have done any of this without Backyardchickens.com!

Fondly,
~anna

P.S. my Beatrice thanks you too
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