I have a bantam hen whose crop seems slightly larger than what I believe is normal. I've only had her for a couple of weeks, so I'm not sure but she's moving her neck in an odd way. Sorta stretching it to the side. I took her out and massaged her crop and it isn't rock hard but seems like it has a ball in there. Her bedding is hay (which I am going to switch now that I've had this problem!!)
So far I've massaged her crop and put her in my isolation crate with pine shavings. I removed all food and am stopping by the grocery store to pick up some plain yogurt. I plan to give her some yogurt and some olive oil tonight after work.
Is the neck stretching a sign of an impacted crop? Also, the reason I'm using hay in the coop is because it has a wire bottom. I wanted to cover it but wood shavings will just fall through. Other suggestions of what to use in a coop with a wire bottom? It's not normal wire, its actually very thick - some sort of steel or something. but it does have holes large enough that wood shavings won't work.
So far I've massaged her crop and put her in my isolation crate with pine shavings. I removed all food and am stopping by the grocery store to pick up some plain yogurt. I plan to give her some yogurt and some olive oil tonight after work.
Is the neck stretching a sign of an impacted crop? Also, the reason I'm using hay in the coop is because it has a wire bottom. I wanted to cover it but wood shavings will just fall through. Other suggestions of what to use in a coop with a wire bottom? It's not normal wire, its actually very thick - some sort of steel or something. but it does have holes large enough that wood shavings won't work.
