Large squishy crop- minor wound- acting normal

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hello,

I have a hen who is 9 months old and I got her at 14 weeks. She was vaccinated for Mareks and has been doing great. After taking in my landlords sick hen, it made me relaize I need to be more proactive about my girls health. Ive noticed (for about 4-5 months now) one of the girls has a large crop, like extremely large. She doesn't seem bothered by it and eats and drinks plenty of water. I did notice a bit of weight loss though. Is this a sour crop? Or other type of crop issue? Any help would be appreciated.
 

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hello,

I have a hen who is 9 months old and I got her at 14 weeks. She was vaccinated for Mareks and has been doing great. After taking in my landlords sick hen, it made me relaize I need to be more proactive about my girls health. Ive noticed (for about 4-5 months now) one of the girls has a large crop, like extremely large. She doesn't seem bothered by it and eats and drinks plenty of water. I did notice a bit of weight loss though. Is this a sour crop? Or other type of crop issue? Any help would be appreciated.
She does have quite a large crop - I would check her first thing in the morning before she eats/drinks to see if it's emptied.
If it's not flat/empty, then treating her for crop issues may be in order. With a low hanging crop like that she may need a bra to push it up so it can empty.

Here's a good article to help you out. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/
 
She does have quite a large crop - I would check her first thing in the morning before she eats/drinks to see if it's emptied.
If it's not flat/empty, then treating her for crop issues may be in order. With a low hanging crop like that she may need a bra to push it up so it can empty.

Here's a good article to help you out. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/
It was full this morning. I isolated her and she has access to clean water only. Ill feed her wet food tomorrow. Is it ok to give her coconut oil today? What about elecrolytes or probiotics in her water?

I also noticed she has a wound on her crop. I assume from it scrapping on the ground when she runs around. I also noticed she paws at it whether on purpose or mistake. Ive washed and cleaned it and will check later today.

I'm also working on making her a crop bra. She has solid poops and no smell coming from her
 

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It was full this morning. I isolated her and she has access to clean water only. Ill feed her wet food tomorrow. Is it ok to give her coconut oil today? What about elecrolytes or probiotics in her water?

I also noticed she has a wound on her crop. I assume from it scrapping on the ground when she runs around. I also noticed she paws at it whether on purpose or mistake. Ive washed and cleaned it and will check later today.

I'm also working on making her a crop bra. She has solid poops and no smell coming from her
It's fine to go ahead and give the coconut oil, just take care if you massage the crop that you don't push contents up and aspirate her.
I like to provide plain water unless the bird is used to having something added to it, you do want them drinking.

I would be inclined to be prepared to treat as impacted and sour crop too. I'll tag in @azygous to get her thoughts as well.
She may be just hitting the large crop with her foot, but if she's purposely scratching it, then I'm going on the assumption there is an itching or possible uncomfortable sensation for her - Sour Crop (yeast infection).

For the wound I would definitely clean it. You can use triple antibiotic ointment or vetericyn on the wound.
 
Sure does look like pendulous crop to me. Glad to hear you're working on a crop bra as it appears that's what she needs more than anything.

I had an EE hen years ago when I knew next to nothing about chickens. Her name was Rachel and she was the sweetest hen. When she walked, her crop hung low and it swayed back and forth. I had no clue what I was seeing.

Her pendulous crop went untreated and she slowly starved. Again, I didn't know what I was seeing. I assumed since her crop was so large, she was well fed. (I pause here to marvel at my ignorance back then.) Eventually, she became so weak she could barely walk. I euthanized her. That was the only intelligent thing I did for her.

With pendulous crop, the crop never empties and very little nourishment makes its way down into the intestines where nutrients get absorbed. So a chicken slowly starves to death. Yes, Rachel had nearly constant crop yeast. I did try to treat that. What I didn't know at the time was that she needed a crop bra, but I had never heard of such a thing. You are way ahead of where I was back then.

Don't get discouraged if the bra doesn't seem to work at first. It may require incremental adjustments to get the fit exactly right to elevate the crop enough to get it to drain properly.

Try the bra before you get involved with other treatments. They may not be necessary if the crop drains.
 
Sure does look like pendulous crop to me. Glad to hear you're working on a crop bra as it appears that's what she needs more than anything.

I had an EE hen years ago when I knew next to nothing about chickens. Her name was Rachel and she was the sweetest hen. When she walked, her crop hung low and it swayed back and forth. I had no clue what I was seeing.

Her pendulous crop went untreated and she slowly starved. Again, I didn't know what I was seeing. I assumed since her crop was so large, she was well fed. (I pause here to marvel at my ignorance back then.) Eventually, she became so weak she could barely walk. I euthanized her. That was the only intelligent thing I did for her.

With pendulous crop, the crop never empties and very little nourishment makes its way down into the intestines where nutrients get absorbed. So a chicken slowly starves to death. Yes, Rachel had nearly constant crop yeast. I did try to treat that. What I didn't know at the time was that she needed a crop bra, but I had never heard of such a thing. You are way ahead of where I was back then.

Don't get discouraged if the bra doesn't seem to work at first. It may require incremental adjustments to get the fit exactly right to elevate the crop enough to get it to drain properly.

Try the bra before you get involved with other treatments. They may not be necessary if the crop drains.
Thank you for thr advise! Ill keep you posted with her progress!
 

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