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[nnbreeder]

Smell her breath, it should not smell like she has eaten something long dead. If she does it is sour crop. Or if she got into something moldy it could be Botulism which will paralyze the crop and make it not work.

 

[Queen Scoot]

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working on it....not unpacking everything and most of its still in storage as we are working on getting a house loan and almost have it just waiting on former landlord to send in the paper work.

 

[GracefulBantams]

Hennies, I am not sure what is wrong with your girls... they could have just drank too much water and had to spit some of it out?

One time last summer I let a hen get dehydrated, and when I gave her fresh water, she drank too much and kind of spit out some of it.

 

[HennyPennies2007]

I would be willing to be it's mold...I have some on the walls of my coop.... I scrub it off, but when it gets damp like this...it just takes off.....it has to be in my shavings and stuff... Just don't know how to fix it......I have straw everywhere that I rake constantly, but maybe it's in there too... I rake and turn and haul, but I can't outrun it in this weather.... maybe Oxine will do it....

 

[poultryand bees]

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That is an impressive message regarding the price of freedom. I thank God for the men and women who serve our nation in times of peace and in times of war.

Stimp - thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

[nnbreeder]

If the inside of the coop is painted, well even if it isnt, there is an additive that can be put into paint that will prevent mold from growing. But the best bet is a lot of ventilation to cut down on humidity. A few closable vents on the bottom and top should do it.

Straw has the hollow shaft so it harbors mold very readily. Wood shavings or even bark mulch would be a better alternative.

Spraying with a 10% bleach solution will help to keep the mold at bay also.

 

[HennyPennies2007]

Well I just went out and checked on her....here is the recentest....(LOL) she seems perkier...(I'm not getting sucked in everything does that before it croaks) I rubbed her crop and she started gurgling and fighting me... she is pooping water only...with a few small pieces of regular stool...and you can see her straining in some way towards the vent... but I don't feel an egg....crop feels like its full of water and a few seeds... but she doesn't smell at all...

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

Henny I hope your gal pulls through, wish i knew what to tell ya to make her better.

Does anyone know how showgirls are made, is it Nekkid neck rooster on Silkie hen or other way around? Or does it matter?

 

[nnbreeder]

It really sounds like either a blocked crop or sour crop. The sour crop is basically fermented grains and grass. Doing a crop massage may help out but you may need to treat with copper sulfate in the water. I bet Teach can tell you about doing that since he has pigeons. Here is another thing to try which will empty the crop.

You can start by putting an eyedropper full of vegetable oil into the crop and then massaging the crop.
This will soften the impaction.
Put the dropper all the way back in the bird's mouth and slowly push out the oil. Any vegetable oil is good: olive oil, corn oil, or canola oil.

Mix
1/2-cup baking soda
1 pint of warm water
Fill the syringe and insert it as far as you can into the mouth of the chicken.
If you can get hold of some soft plastic tube to put on the end of the syringe to insert that into the crop it would be a lot better for your bird and for you when you put the liquid into her.. .I use the plastic (15 cm long) they use on coat hangers on the hook part from a craft shop

Have someone hold the bird upright in front of you.
Slowly and very gently fill the crop, do not over fill and get liquid into that hole at the base of the tongue.
Gently press up under the chicken’s breast and slide your hand up to the crop. This makes the bird open its mouth and the impacted mess will come out the bird's mouth. Push the contents up and out of the crop and out of the mouth.

You can face the bird toward the ground to help empty the crop.
Repeat this gentle stroking pressure until nothing comes up.
If there the crop is not empty, flush it again until it is empty.
Once the crop is empty, give another dropper of oil.

Coop the bird away from other birds so it can rest.
Provide about a cup of water with 1 teaspoon Terramycin dissolved in it.
Give no feed.

Second Day
If the bird is droopy on the next day, put molasses in the bird’s water for about four hours (1/4 cup per gallon of water). (half a teaspoon for a litre of water)
Remove the molasses water after four hours and give the bird fresh Terramycin water.
The molasses water will flush soured food from the bird’s digestive system.

 

[nnbreeder]

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