Pendulous crop?

[micstrachan]

Clotrimazole is something I've never heard of. Maybe @Eggcessive or @rebrascora or @TwoCrows would know. Or @dawg53 or @oldhenlikesdogs .

Thanks. I found it. I gave her 1cc.

OMG... but that episode was scary! She squawked and screamed when I put on her crop bra. Then fell on her face. Then stumbled about a bit. Walked backwards. Fell over again. I was scared I was killing her and took it off.

 

[micstrachan]

What an ungrateful brat! You go to all that trouble, slaving over a hot stove, and this is how you get thanked. Wait. That's my mother talking when I was ten and refused to eat the food she heaped on my plate.

On the jar of probiotics, the last group where it says how much per pound of weight, those are the proportions I would use. When I give a probiotic, I just sprinkle it over some food I know they'll eat.

BTW, I forgot to laugh at that! It WAS funny! She definitely was an ungrateful brat. LOL!

 

[azygous]

Now it's my turn to fall on my ass laughing! Wait a few more years and you'll be able to tell when a chicken is manipulating you. There's not much space in a chicken brain, but they find room for a bit of devious behavior sometimes.

 

[micstrachan]

You can put pro bios in the wAter, I do.
1/2 scoop to half gallon water. 1 scoop per gallon.
Make fresh daily.

Thanks, Kathy. You have that same probiotic? Were you the one who told me about them or was it @Hen Pen Jem? Does it dissolve and disperse readily in water?

 

[micstrachan]

Now it's my turn to fall on my ass laughing! Wait a few more years and you'll be able to tell when a chicken is manipulating you. There's not much space in a chicken brain, but they find room for a bit of devious behavior sometimes.

Hahaha! You mean her grand performance? OMG, my heart was racing!

 

[micstrachan]

Do you connect the crop bra diagonally? Meaning over one shoulder and under the opposite wing? It seemed too tight like that. Maybe I should have made longer that 12-inch straps.

 

[azygous]

You need to modify the crop bra design to fit your chicken. I came up with that pattern on the fly. Everyone starts from there, sometimes modifying the bra several times until they get a good fit.

The real test, beyond being sure the hen is comfortable, is crop function. This will require daily crop monitoring until you wake up one morning to check your hen's crop, and it is EMPTY! Then you know you finally have it right!

 

[micstrachan]

Ok, so yes to the over/under connection?

 

[azygous]

Absolutely! I've found that hens are real Houdinis when it comes to shedding a garment they feel is beneath them. Crossing the straps is one of the best strategies to defeat this little act.

 

[Kathy Golla]

Thanks, Kathy. You have that same probiotic? Were you the one who told me about them or was it @Hen Pen Jem? Does it dissolve and disperse readily in water?

I think I told you about it, dawg53 uses it too. It disperses very very well in water.
Remember don’t administer more than 10 days in a row.