This is my first post on the board. I started getting chickens a year and a half ago. Whenever I have a question or health issue I can usually find the answer here by reading about others who have gone through the same things. But so far the health issue I am currently dealing with is baffling me. The chicken is a bantam cochin hen age 1.5 years. Her crop is VERY full tight and enlarged. Maybe the size of a large lemon. Massaging it feels like is is full of grit or corn like a beanbag. Despite this, her bahaviour has been normal in every way and she has actually been in this condition at least 2 mos. (i thought her large crop was normal until recently) After reading treatments for impacted crop i have tried removing her from food and syringing olive oil and water into her. when i hold her upside down and massage the crop. the only stuff coming out is some clearish slime--but not a lot of that. it's been 3 days now and crop has not shrunk very much at all. WHen the slime comes out she smells a little stinky but not when her beak is empty. i gave her some oil soak bread to eat this morning. her poop looks normal. is there anything else i can do for her? if she is behaving normally should I just leave her alone? Thanks for your help.
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