oh no! I'm going to have to do surgery - I know it *update **

[MissPrissy]

Their crops stretch out like crazy. Let's get it emptied and things moving and with time to heal and gentle feeding she'll hopefully be good as new in a little more time.

 

[HennysMom]

Miss P -

I let her out this morning - she passed alot of poop and her crop is smaller, but there's still a hard knot

its not as large as it was though. Do you think she'll pass it still? Can I continue to give her EVOO but feed her regular pellets too?

Thanks again for your help...

 

[MissPrissy]

No pellets.

Give the water, the oil soaked bread and offer her some yogurt with the pellets dissolved in the yogurt. No hard food. Only mush.

If she is pooping and it is smaller we are getting somewhere.

Keep going. Massage a few times a day and keep her comfortable.

 

[HennysMom]

ok - so like scrambled eggs, oatmeal (cooked obviously) - things like that?

how long do I do that for? she's sooo hungry...

 

[notsooldmcdonald]

Was she pooping before hand? I'm really worried.

I've got a hen with a super hard crop and a lump halfway down her throat. She's quite thin, and doesn't like me touching the right side of her neck. From the time I brought her in yesterday (looked depressed, wouldn't take food, so I brought her in) to now (4:45 pm) she has pooped once, and there was very little solid material in it.

I didn't know about removing food/potential food (shavings), but have done so now.

I was lucky enough to find this post, and am following the advice Miss Prissy gave. The lack of poop worries me, though.

Is there anything else I'm missing? Please, any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm really worried about her, she's a really sweet girl

-Christian

 

[coopMOM]

Hi, I have a hen I'm treating right now for an impaction.

I tried olive oil and apple cider vinegar with the mother and massage for a couple of days. This didn't work.

We did surgery. and gave her an anti-fungal ( Nystatin oral suspension, 1.5 ml, twice a day) and anti-biotic (we used a human one, which may or may not have been good, keflex, but my grandpa who did the surgery is a human vet.) She seemed to eat the hand-fed baby bird food called kaybee which you mix with water and feed with a dropper. also ate mash of cooked egg yolk, sifted lay mash to get out the big chunks, some unflavored yogurt, olive oil, and some fine sand. I gave her droppers full of olive oil and massaged after it wasn't painful for her. I also gave her a visitor after a week because she was lonely. I hope this helps and you have good luck.

I am now trying to figure out the dose for Reglan for her to see if that will get her going. I think this might work for you too if you tried the evoo and vinegar and massage. hopefully we can figure out the dose.

Best,
carly

 

[FisherMOM]

Good luck with you sick chickens. I dealt with the impacted crop and it's a lot of work to get them better... but very rewarding when you do. I did all of the things that Miss Prissy said to do!

 

[HennysMom]

Yes, mine was pooping before, during and after....she's doing much better now, thanks to Miss Prissy - to which I have those instructions plastered in my "chicken ER" book

How's she doing this morning?

 

[MissPrissy]

I am glad to read your chicken is all perky and good as new.

Simple basic care is something we all need in our ER handbook! Much of it is standard practice the same as when one of our kids gets a virus.

 

[Buster]

Glad to hear she is ok. I really like that this site has so many helpful people. I wouldn't know what to do in that situation either.