Jenthehen127
Songster
I have a hen who has a large food book. I've noticed it a few times, but never thought much because the other girls did too. We were watching them this morning, and noticed she also has a bare spot on her breast where her crop is and it looked a little red. I kept thinking about this and started to wonder about sour crop or impacted crop. I checked her this evening before bed, and still large, however , the others were not as large as hers. She has been eating and drinking and behaving normally. I have not seen any abnormal poops. I did massage her crop and she pooped on my leg. It was slightly watery, but not abnormal. She seemed to be swallowing something while I was massaging. I did not allow her to eat anything and will check her in the morning. Dose this sound like impacted crop? Could food be able to pass through around whatever might be in there? It also didn't smell bad, so I didn't think sour crop. If she is still this way tomorrow would coconut oil appropriate? I also read somewhere that stool softener works? How would I give that to her? Thank you.