Today i bought a Hentastic chicken snack for my hens. It was a large cylinder, squishy, and it had: Oregano, Mint, Parsley, Turmeric, and Basil. They ate the entire thing. It was sort of squishy, so now one of my hens ate bunch, it all lumped together in her crop. I have to do surgery tomorrow. Another hen has really watery poops. The while section around her vent is covered in poop. I took her out of the coop and turned her around and kind of on her side so i could look and see because i thought it could have been mud, and this whitish yellow liquid came out and dripped down out of her vent. She isn't lethargic, she is energetic and behaving like herself. Do you think they overdosed on the chicken treat? I am giving them sugar free yogurt tomorrow to rebalance their bacteria. Do you think she'll be okay? I am kicking myself because they should not have had so much oregano (it kills everything. good and bad bacteria) and now they are unwell. I feel terrible too!
PLEASE HELP! Oregano overdose?
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How are they doing today?
Did her crop empty overnight?
It's very hard to judge crop issues when a hen has been eating and drinking all day.
Give it time to see if the crop naturally empties overnight before hastily performing a risky crop surgery.
While it's possible they may have overindulged in a treat - they most likely did not overdose on any ingredients. Looking at the label - if I found the right product, it would be a bit "squishy".
The ingredients include: wheat, flour, rendered beef fat, mealworms, the herbs and a few other things. RENDERED BEEF FAT - I would assume is suet or something similar. This if FAT. So I would think that a chicken would have loose stool when consuming this.
Provide them with their normal feed, watch to see if they are eating/drinking well and limit there treats to some fresh fruit/veggies for a couple of days. See how things go.
Let us know how they are doing.
Did her crop empty overnight?
It's very hard to judge crop issues when a hen has been eating and drinking all day.
Give it time to see if the crop naturally empties overnight before hastily performing a risky crop surgery.
While it's possible they may have overindulged in a treat - they most likely did not overdose on any ingredients. Looking at the label - if I found the right product, it would be a bit "squishy".
The ingredients include: wheat, flour, rendered beef fat, mealworms, the herbs and a few other things. RENDERED BEEF FAT - I would assume is suet or something similar. This if FAT. So I would think that a chicken would have loose stool when consuming this.
Provide them with their normal feed, watch to see if they are eating/drinking well and limit there treats to some fresh fruit/veggies for a couple of days. See how things go.
Let us know how they are doing.
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Yes! thats exactly what they had. They seem better today. I gave them yogurt this morning, which they love. The hen's bottom seems to have fluffed up, and she hasn't had any more loose poops. The rest look good. Thank you for your help!
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Risky crop surgery? The hen's crop is still full. I Separated her and gave her water and grit but no food. I giving her until noon, then I'll make a decision. What do you mean by risky?
Anytime you make an incision and "do surgery" there is a risk of infection.
It may be better to read this article and determine if there is a better treatment option than surgery at this time. http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments
If, after other treatments have been tried and a crop is still impacted with grass, feed, etc. and things are not moving, then surgery may be appropriate.
It may be better to read this article and determine if there is a better treatment option than surgery at this time. http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments
If, after other treatments have been tried and a crop is still impacted with grass, feed, etc. and things are not moving, then surgery may be appropriate.
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Seems like doughy crop. But she also had a very dough like treat yesterday. It still isn't breaking up. I'm concerned that she will get hungry.
I wold try tubing water before doing surgery. Tubing water is much safer, and it just might get stuff moving along.
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