Hen ate a dime and many rocks, need advice.

[Saaniya]

Aren’t we all!?!
I sure wish the OP would come back and tell us... or even just to tell all us goofy chicken peeps to get a life!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

today we got an egg!! she has been pooping, starting eating and drinking without my help.

Her crop feels like most of the rocks have passed down, which is good, probably how we got an egg this morning. Of course my dear husband thinks she is ready to go back down with her sisters but i am worried more rock eating would happen. Want to see consistent egg laying, regular pooping and eating more. I am going to take her back to the vet next week to get another xray

Glad to hear she laid an egg!
Hopefully she will continue to improve. Please keep us posted.

 

[rebrascora]

So pleased/relieved she is doing better than we all expected and thank you so much for posting an update....we are all learning from this. If you are able to post a photo of her next x-ray, we would all be fascinated to see it.
Don't worry too much if her weight goes down a little before it goes up as that grit will weigh more than food would.
You are right to be concerned that she will fill herself up with grit again. I had a pullet that had an urge to eat straw and hay etc. She impacted twice and sadly the second time I didn't catch it soon enough and she didn't make it.

 

[Molpet]

Hi guys, thank you for all of your comments/thoughts. Vet didnt think those were nails, so not going to even go down that road. Update on our money eating hen, today we got an egg!! she has been pooping, starting eating and drinking without my help. She actually seems to like coming into the house. We currently have a portable coop in the garage, so she is warm and safe but she likes to come in and play with our son and hang out. Believe it or not she seems to like pooping in my house more than the coop, so far she hasn't ruined anything and we are on clean up duty. Her crop feels like most of the rocks have passed down, which is good, probably how we got an egg this morning. Of course my dear husband thinks she is ready to go back down with her sisters but i am worried more rock eating would happen. Want to see consistent egg laying, regular pooping and eating more. I am going to take her back to the vet next week to get another xray, would like to see how things have moved. Will update you all soon. again, thank you! We also weighed her a day ago, she was at 3.5 pounds, very skinny. Will keep weighing, want to make sure she gets some weight back on her too. Who knows, she might become our house chicken, although i need to learn how to use a chicken diaper!!!

So glad she is doing well
Thanks for the update
so many time people leave us hanging

 

[123RedBeard]

Any change?

Is she back to normal?

Did you get your dime back?

Did she gain any weight?

 

[Criticalicious]

Did you get your dime back?

This had me rolling

 

[123RedBeard]

@amungo hasn't been back to the site since Jan 4 ... too bad we couldn't get a follow-up report ...

 

[WVduckchick]

@amungo hasn't been back to the site since Jan 4 ... too bad we couldn't get a follow-up report ...

Happens quite often.