Incomplete impacted crop treatment - please help!

[Sammster]

Oh dear, your going from bad to worse!

I go out early while it's still pretty dark and take them off the roost one by one.

Dawg53 explains giving meds better than I can. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-open-beak.1517086/post-25532937

Thank you. I'll give this a try.

 

[Sammster]

I set my alarm for 15 mins before sunrise. This morning did go much better. Still a lot of wrestling with the girls. RIRs are incredibly determined. I still have 1 to dose. She was in the nesting box. I got pooped on twice, but the towel caught it and I was spared.

Laney's impaction is quite small, now! Still there, but not nearly the concern it had been.

Thank you so much @azygous and @Wyorp Rock for all your help! ♡

 

[Sammster]

@azygous Can Safe-Guard cause black poop? I don't remember this happening back in January, the first time I wormed the girls. I have at least 1 girl, possibly as many as 3, pooping black - judging by the roost dropping box I just cleaned out.

I have not let them out of the run for a couple days. I haven't given them any treats

 

[azygous]

Yes, worming can cause black poop. When you use a worming med, it sedates the worms. They then become absorbed by the intestines as meat protein, and that can show up as black in the poop.

 

[Sammster]

Yes, worming can cause black poop. When you use a worming med, it sedates the worms. They then become absorbed by the intestines as meat protein, and that can show up as black in the poop.

Phew! That's a relief! Good thing we're worming then, hey?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Glad things are going better.

Keep us posted.

 

[Saaniya]

The gizzard must be ok. Laney is not pooping yellow urates. Thank you, Saaniya

Thank goodness how’s she now’

 

[Saaniya]

Yes, worming can cause black poop. When you use a worming med, it sedates the worms. They then become absorbed by the intestines as meat protein, and that can show up as black in the poop.

Oh this is informative

 

[Sammster]

Thank goodness how’s she now’

It's odd. She still has a very small mass in her crop that isn't passing. And it seems she is tiring of the coconut oil. But I'm still getting the stool softener, pro-biotic and monistat in her.

One of my other girls had some poops with yellow-ish urates, yesterday. I think it was my Gerty, who is having some reproductive issues. I'm about go go out and check on the dropping box, now.

 

[azygous]

You probably should stop the coconut oil and stool softeners. She will become dependent on them. Go back to relying on grit, water and probiotics. If the crop starts filling again overnight rather than emptying, she may need a flushing of her system.