Hen's crop not empty this morning

[Mark94]

Hey everyone, hope you are all doing well! This morning I went to feed my chickens, while closing them I noticed one hen just walking around and not eating at all. What I did notice was, her crop was pretty much big, yday I let them free range so she stuffed herself . She seems to be active, but she just doesn't want to eat, I finally caught her and gave her a crop massage, it was mushy with some tiny seeds. In this state, should I give her a tspoon of olive oil and wait for tomorrow morning or force her to take it all out?

 

[DobieLover]

Hey everyone, hope you are all doing well! This morning I went to feed my chickens, while closing them I noticed one hen just walking around and not eating at all. What I did notice was, her crop was pretty much big, yday I let them free range so she stuffed herself . She seems to be active, but she just doesn't want to eat, I finally caught her and gave her a crop massage, it was mushy with some tiny seeds. In this state, should I give her a tspoon of olive oil and wait for tomorrow morning or force her to take it all out?

Please, DO NOT vomit your bird! That is so dangerous.
I would give her a tablespoon of coconut oil or olive oil then about 50 mls of water via tubing or very carefully syringing into her beak so as not to aspirate her. Isolate her in a crate with just fresh water. She may have an impaction that will need to be dealt with using a stimulant-free stool softener.

 

[Mark94]

Please, DO NOT vomit your bird! That is so dangerous.
I would give her a tablespoon of coconut oil or olive oil then about 50 mls of water via tubing or very carefully syringing into her beak so as not to aspirate her. Isolate her in a crate with just fresh water. She may have an impaction that will need to be dealt with using a stimulant-free stool softener.

Will do that, thanks for your reply!

 

[DobieLover]

Will do that, thanks for your reply!

If yesterday she was fine and only this morning her crop didn't empty, you are very observant. Quick action with this will help get the crop moving again. I'm glad you caught it so soon.