Impacted crop

[Fuzzyfreddyhead]

I have a chicken I have been treating with an impacted crop for a week and a half I have called all the doctors around and no one deals with chickens and the ones that do don’t return my calls. She is acting fine the mass started the size of a tennis ball and is down to the size of a bouncy ball it seems like it was a bunch of sand. I have been giving her warm water and oil and it just seems to have stopped at this point I message it several times a day and have been giving her food mixed with Al lot of water to soften it. Also have been giving her scrambled eggs and plain yogurt and her water I have been giving apple cider vinegar and garlic powder too in it so as to treat fro sour crop as well. But I just don’t know what else to do for her.

 

[dawg53]

Here's a link for you regarding impacted crop. I hope it helps:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[OwO]

Does she have grit (not oyster shell) available?

 

[Fuzzyfreddyhead]

Thank you so much. Actually no she has oyster shells but I will go get her some grit I thought they were basically the same thing

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so much. Actually no she has oyster shells but I will go get her some grit I thought they were basically the same thing

Oyster Shell is supplemental calcium, it is hard, but it's considered soluble and not suitable as grit.

Grit is usually crushed granite and it's insoluble, very hard and used in the gizzard to grind/process food.

Is your hen pooping?
What's her crop feel like now?

How exactly are you treating her crop - what method of treatment are you following?

 

[Fuzzyfreddyhead]

I treated her for impacted crop no food just water and olive oil for the first 42 hours. She expelled a lot of the impaction and went down to a bouncy ball size so I started feeding her scrambled eggs and blended vegetables. Also giving plain yogurt. apple cider vinegar in her water with garlic powder so she doesn’t get sour crop. There is no odor coming from her mouth at all but I still can feel the crop in the morning and it feels doughy. I believe she had eaten alot of sand and that is what impacted her she is always in a run and not free ranged. I am now giving her mash ( her food soaked in warm water) she really isn’t interested in it too much . She is pooping but it is alot of water and some matter but not normal

 

[Ascholten]

Go on youtube, there are some videos on how to treat an impacted / sour crop.
One of the methods is you will have to basically squeeze it out, make them vomit it up. It was a vet in austrailia I believe who gave a demo on how to fix this but it may help you.

What you got may not be something you want to force down and thru as it may jam down there and then she's dead, but rather bring it back up the front end.

Aaron

 

[Fuzzyfreddyhead]

I was thinking about doing that I am just nervous about making her vomit. I don’t want her to aspirate. I also wasn’t sure if it could be pendulous crop

 

[Ascholten]

might be good starting points

aaron

 

[Fuzzyfreddyhead]

Thank you