Impacted Crop will not clear

[ChickenDadda]

I and a couple of other people here have had success adding digestive enzymes for straw and grass impactions. You want to find one that includes cellulase. It helps to break down tough fiber foods and reduce fermentation.

You may need to do more vigorous crop massage to break up the contents. Get 2 fingers into the center of the mass and rub side to side quickly. When that section loosens up then move to the next hard section.

If you can feel a ball of straw you can also very gently get ahold of it and pull it apart.

Several small massage sessions are better than a couple of long sessions.

It took almost a month for me to get the straw ball out of my hen as it was the size of a tennis ball

Great to know, what kind of digestive enzymes are there i could get? Any specific brands or ways to break it down?

I tend to give her plenty of long massages, i try to break it up instead of cupping her crop in my hand.

Ill also try the stool softener as well, i may also get a head start and prepare if she has sour crop and get the vaginal cream just so if i see signs ill be ready for it.

 

[ChickenDadda]

Colace or doccusate sodium is the stool softener. @azygous is very good with crop problems. Hopefully, she will chime in, since you have tried a number of things. I would separate her inside a dog crate with food and water. Today, you may want to just give her water with some electrolytes and vitamins. Massage her crop several times a day to break up the impaction. Then offer some whole egg, and maybe a spoonful of feed in a lot of water later in if her crop has emptied some.

yeah last night is when i separated her in a dog crate, alot easier to look at her poops as well. Ill keep yall updated

 

[ChicNmom]

Great to know, what kind of digestive enzymes are there i could get? Any specific brands or ways to break it down?

I tend to give her plenty of long massages, i try to break it up instead of cupping her crop in my hand.

Ill also try the stool softener as well, i may also get a head start and prepare if she has sour crop and get the vaginal cream just so if i see signs ill be ready for it.

Any human digestive enzyme as long as it contains cellulase. You might be able to buy just that enzyme online but it might take time to get it.

The stool softener is also great as it pulls fluid in to help move it through. The cellulase should also keep her crop from getting too sour.