Dorothyn
In the Brooder
- Sep 11, 2016
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Hi,
One of my Australorp crosses turned up ill late yesterday. These are my first chickens, and this is the first time one has been unwell. She'd been standing in the same place for some time, so my husband let me know when I got home. Her bottom was all crusted with poop, her wings drooping and her comb shrunken and dark.
I brought her in the house and cleaned up her bottom in a warm bath. In the process, I found lots of greenish liquid was dripping from her mouth, and when I tipped her over, A LOT came out.
After doing a bit of research I thought she may have an impacted crop, so I carefully and slowly got some water down her, massaged her crop and gently upended her off and on to get more the green stuff out. A lot came out, and it got thicker and more gooey, then finally like a thick paste.
I slowly got more water down her and did it all again, with less stuff coming out this second time. Her crop has never felt hard.
I put her in a dog crate with towels and a heater in a quiet room. In the morning she seemed a bit more chipper, but was still lying down. This afternoon I offered her an egg yolk, yogurt, oatmeal, honey, olive oil applesauce mixture. She took about a dozen bites, but I had to gently push her head down toward the food most times, where she would see it and take the bite on her own. And sometimes she wouldn't take a bite at all.
I also slowly put a little water down her, and when I put her back in the crate, her head went down and out comes a glug of goopy green stuff again.
Her crop feels soft and squishy, and I hear intermittent gurgley noises like you would hear from your own upset stomach. She has not pooped at all in the 18 hours she's been in the dog crate.
Any ideas for my poor girl?
Thanks,
Dorothy
One of my Australorp crosses turned up ill late yesterday. These are my first chickens, and this is the first time one has been unwell. She'd been standing in the same place for some time, so my husband let me know when I got home. Her bottom was all crusted with poop, her wings drooping and her comb shrunken and dark.
I brought her in the house and cleaned up her bottom in a warm bath. In the process, I found lots of greenish liquid was dripping from her mouth, and when I tipped her over, A LOT came out.
After doing a bit of research I thought she may have an impacted crop, so I carefully and slowly got some water down her, massaged her crop and gently upended her off and on to get more the green stuff out. A lot came out, and it got thicker and more gooey, then finally like a thick paste.
I slowly got more water down her and did it all again, with less stuff coming out this second time. Her crop has never felt hard.
I put her in a dog crate with towels and a heater in a quiet room. In the morning she seemed a bit more chipper, but was still lying down. This afternoon I offered her an egg yolk, yogurt, oatmeal, honey, olive oil applesauce mixture. She took about a dozen bites, but I had to gently push her head down toward the food most times, where she would see it and take the bite on her own. And sometimes she wouldn't take a bite at all.
I also slowly put a little water down her, and when I put her back in the crate, her head went down and out comes a glug of goopy green stuff again.
Her crop feels soft and squishy, and I hear intermittent gurgley noises like you would hear from your own upset stomach. She has not pooped at all in the 18 hours she's been in the dog crate.
Any ideas for my poor girl?
Thanks,
Dorothy