Lump on breast not going away

[kneelandchicks]

Hi, one of our chickens showed a lump on her breast three days ago which is not going away. We read here it is probably a full crop and it should go away the next morning. Well it's not going away and she is spending a lot of her time by herself not eating much. Does this sound like a full crop still? Any info would be great, thanks

 

[teach1rusl]

Are you checking her FIRST THING in the morning, before she's had any access to food??? If so, then her crop could be impacted. I've not experienced this before, so I'll be no help. All I've read says to try to get a little olive oil down her and then to gently massage the crop area to help break things down/separate/loosen the material packed in there. Do a search on "impacted crop." Good luck to you.