Impacted crop?

[The Phantom]

My hen usually has a more than normal size crop which is usually bigger. But today she’s standing around like she is in the pics with her crop enormous. It feels like mushy firm. Is this impacted crop or sour crop?

 

[The Phantom]

@casportpony @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[Kessel23]

My hen usually has a more than normal size crap which is usually bigger. But today she’s standing around like she is in the pics with her crop enormous. It feels like mushy firm. Is this impacted crop or sour crop?
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Good luck

 

[Abriana]

I had a kind of similar problem last year--crop was large, squishy, no food was passing. An impacted crop will be hard, not squshy. It's packed full of feed. Most likely this is sour crop. You can give her yogurt and ACV and also massage it to get things moving. You can also give her olive oil. For my hen I believe the problem was a bird that she'd eaten a while back, and she needed supportive care so that she didn't starve while it broke down. She was fine and is now healthy if nothing changes and food just isn't moving, I'd suspect a reproductive problem. Often crop and reproductive problems are connected. Hopefully she recovers!

 

[The Phantom]

Thanks!

 

[rjohns39]

@staceyj can you help out?

 

[The Phantom]

I had a kind of similar problem last year--crop was large, squishy, no food was passing. An impacted crop will be hard, not squshy. It's packed full of feed. Most likely this is sour crop. You can give her yogurt and ACV and also massage it to get things moving. You can also give her olive oil. For my hen I believe the problem was a bird that she'd eaten a while back, and she needed supportive care so that she didn't starve while it broke down. She was fine and is now healthy if nothing changes and food just isn't moving, I'd suspect a reproductive problem. Often crop and reproductive problems are connected. Hopefully she recovers!

How much olive oil? I just gave her 1ml and messaged her crop.

 

[Eggcessive]

If she is a big eater normally, she might have a pendulous crop. That is when they eat too much and the crop loses elasticity. Sometimes it can take some time to decide which of the crop problems you are seeing. Check her crop first thing in the morning before she has had a chance to eat or drink. Here is some reading:
https://www.tillysnest.com/2012/01/crop-issues-html/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...d-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments.67194/

 

[The Phantom]

Ok. Thanks. I’ll check her first thing.

 

[Abriana]

How much olive oil? I just gave her 1ml and messaged her crop.

Not too much--a friend told me that 1 cc per day worked for her. I used that with my girl and it worked.