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Hello,
I am hoping someone can help or share their experiences. About a week ago, my 9-week old Polish crested showed clear signs of having sour crop - huge, squishy crop about the size of a baseball. I did some research and ended up isolating her in a crate inside the coop, and fed her just scrambled eggs with olive oil and clean water with some probiotics added. Also some plain greek yogurt.
Well, the sour crop seems to have cleared - her crop is much smaller, squishiness and sour smell are gone.
But her crop is still hard and doesn't seem to be emptying overnight, leading me to think she has some sort of impaction. For the last two days, I have kept her isolated again and have been feeding her a small bit of olive oil with a syringe and massaging her crop.
Yesterday it felt rather pliable, like there was bound up grass in it. But this morning it feels really firm. About the size of a walnut.
She has exhibited no signs of illness throughout this - is energetic, has an appetite, and her poops look pretty normal in appearance and amount, maybe a tinge watery but mostly solid. Brown and white.
I am at a loss for what to do next. Should I keep her isolated? Let her back into "gen pop" with the other birds? Keep her on mushy foods? I imagine if something is stuck in her crop, it won't be long before she becomes very sick, and I'm afraid of doing the wrong thing. I think this is all my fault because I fed them some weed and grass clippings a few times, not realizing it was dangerous.
For what it's worth, I did call around to a couple of vets…two said they can handle "birds" but weren't well versed in chickens specifically. And I'd like to try home remedies if possible before resorting to a costly vet visit anyway.
Thanks very much in advance for your help.
I am hoping someone can help or share their experiences. About a week ago, my 9-week old Polish crested showed clear signs of having sour crop - huge, squishy crop about the size of a baseball. I did some research and ended up isolating her in a crate inside the coop, and fed her just scrambled eggs with olive oil and clean water with some probiotics added. Also some plain greek yogurt.
Well, the sour crop seems to have cleared - her crop is much smaller, squishiness and sour smell are gone.
But her crop is still hard and doesn't seem to be emptying overnight, leading me to think she has some sort of impaction. For the last two days, I have kept her isolated again and have been feeding her a small bit of olive oil with a syringe and massaging her crop.
Yesterday it felt rather pliable, like there was bound up grass in it. But this morning it feels really firm. About the size of a walnut.
She has exhibited no signs of illness throughout this - is energetic, has an appetite, and her poops look pretty normal in appearance and amount, maybe a tinge watery but mostly solid. Brown and white.
I am at a loss for what to do next. Should I keep her isolated? Let her back into "gen pop" with the other birds? Keep her on mushy foods? I imagine if something is stuck in her crop, it won't be long before she becomes very sick, and I'm afraid of doing the wrong thing. I think this is all my fault because I fed them some weed and grass clippings a few times, not realizing it was dangerous.
For what it's worth, I did call around to a couple of vets…two said they can handle "birds" but weren't well versed in chickens specifically. And I'd like to try home remedies if possible before resorting to a costly vet visit anyway.
Thanks very much in advance for your help.
