Impacted crop

[speckledhen]

Sorry you have had so much trouble with your Orps crops. So far I have only seen it in one of my Orps. Lots of things are genetic and crops are no different. I keep the crop bra handy all the time as once they get too stretched out and go pendulous they can quit on the bird. I believe it was a feed issue with my hen and switched her over to FF and or plain ground grains. She never had an issue after the switched and went 1 1/2 years crop problem free after this. Where as before it was a monthly event with her and the slow and sour crop.

I have only seen it in my blues, not my buffs, so it may be more prevalent in the blue/black/splash lines.

 

[casportpony]

In the spoiler are pictures of a deceased, plucked peachick with a red tube. Do not look if you find photos of deceased animals disturbing. The tube in these pictures is a size 30 french.









In these next two pictures you can see the end of the tube




-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

From:http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm
The hole at the back of the tongue is the entrance to the trachea - Nothing should ever go in there!


The tube being used here is a size 18 french that is 16" long


-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

French
Gauge Diameter
(mm) Diameter
(inches)
3 1 0.039
4 1.33 0.053
5 1.67 0.066
6 2 0.079
7 2.3 0.092
8 2.7 0.105
9 3 0.118
10 3.3 0.131
11 3.7 0.144
12 4 0.158
13 4.3 0.170
14 4.7 0.184
15 5 0.197
16 5.3 0.210
17 5.7 0.223
18 6 0.236
19 6.3 0.249
20 6.7 0.263
22 7.3 0.288
24 8 0.315
26 8.7 0.341
28 9.3 0.367
30 10 0.393
32 10.7 0.419
34 11.3 0.445​

-Kathy

Edited to add:
The smallest tube I use on a mature chicken is a size 18 french.

 

[TwoCrows]

Kathy, so the tube is inserted to the left or right of that hole at the back of the tongue?

 

[casportpony]

Kathy, so the tube is inserted to the left or right of that hole at the back of the tongue?

I insert the tube on their left, then diagonally across to their right side and down it goes. It can also be inserted on their right, but I have found it's easier to go from left to right.

-Kathy

 

[TwoCrows]

Ok..so the hole is actually behind so when you go in on the left and then go diagonally toward the right it is there behind the trachea hole?

 

[casportpony]

Ok..so the hole is actually behind so when you go in on the left and then go diagonally toward the right it is there behind the trachea hole?

Yes.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

From:http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm


This picture shows entering on the right. The entrance to the esophagus and crop is at the end of the syringe.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

-Kathy