How to...crop operation! WARNING GRAPHIC PICS!!!!!

[texaschickmama]

Amen, Prissy.

 

[TxChiknRanchers]

Well in my opinion you did a great job! if you had not it would have died a hard death. I do not know your circumstances but a big vet bill for a pet would not be in the buget for a lot of people,so it would have to be put down. I think the title of the thread said enough to let folks that could not deal with this to avoid it!

You can practice Vet medicine on my chickens anytime !

Congratulations hope all ends well

Randy

 

[nccatnip]

Not everyone has access to medical care for poultry. Vets that will perform surgery on a chicken are very few and far between and avian specialists are often not easy to find and usually out of a families budget.
I do not recommend that everyone start perform surgical procedures on their chickens but a professional surgical nurse is far more knowledgable than the average pet owner (and alot of surgeons, I might add.) I applaud her effort to relieve her chicken of the mass which would have undoubtably resulted in a very slow and painful death.

Man, you guys beat me!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JenniferJoIN]

I (with my dad) castrated many hogs in my day and it was nothing more than a cut. A dog and/or cat is much more detailed.

Jeaucomom, you did an excellent job.

Bravo to you for a job well done and please keep us posted!!

 

[luvzmybabz]

Many vets ( including a very very dear man whom I have known for 25 Years and I am only 33 ) would rather you knew what to do in such a situation then to let a animal suffer for no reason. Every time he came out to our farm as I was growing up he had an audience, once even he was called back about 1 year later for the same procedure and he asked what he was doing there.

Jeau was doing one of her too options for the bird 1. Do the procedure 2. Let the chicken die a miserable way.

I personally applaud her for havfing the gumption to do this to her own animal.

 

[DuckLady]

I have sticked this post for informational purposes.(begin disclaimer

-- It is not a substitute for professional care and is not recommended in the general scheme of things.--end disclaimer) This is a procedure that is done by many and personally I am fascinated by this. Poultry owners have to learn a great deal on our own and treat a lot of things on our own due to a lack of avian vets or even vets who will treat our pets. We are not going to turn this into an argument, ok? Thanks.

Not only may this post help those who are skilled (and yes brave) enough to do this operation, but it may serve to help all of us understand what is happening when we do take our pets to a vet.

Thank you for posting this along with the pics. Much appreciated!

 

[MandyH]

I agree with Allanah, it was HER chicken and she did a respectable thing trying to help it. I too am a nurse and unless you are in the medical field I guess you wouldn't understand what we see and do on a daily basis. It isn't like she was in the dirty old coop and just ripped her open with a rusty old butter knife. She used sterile technique and probably saved her chickens life and for far less than it would have cost. Here where I live there isn't anyone who treats chickens ( except to process them) so it is left up to me. I have a beautiful healthy flock and it is becaue of MY medical background and intervention. If you didn't like it why'd you look? She warned of the pics. Good Lord.

 

[MissPrissy]

Thank you, terrielacy.

 

[silkiechicken]

Nugget:

Yes, this forum is diverse and spans many types of beliefs. This forum is also to help others learn and be aware of possibilities. I personally would have just culled the bird and used it for food. That is my belief and do not enforce or judge others against it. The choice to do surgery was done best to the ability of the owner who chose to do this with their animal. It was a plus they had medical experience, as others may have not even set up a sterile field or used autoclaved instruments. It is good that the OP stated these facts as those are not simple oversights.

Now please, let's stay on topic.

 

[LoneCowboy]

Great job and I'm glad it's going well. If I were in this same situation, I'd have to do the same thing. There was another post today that said the cost was $250 That's more than my whole flock costs. My choices would be to try to fix it myself, or put her down. I'd rather fix it.