PLEASE HELP! Oregano overdose?

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.

Give it a couple of days. A doughy crop could be from what she ate, or she could have a "fungus" in there growing. If she isn't a skelton, she isn't going to starve in a day or two. As long as she is drinking she will be fine. If you think the "dough" is a problem, so this. Massage the mass with your hand and fingers a few times a day to help break it up. Check her crop in the morning before she has an opportunity to eat and see if it gets smaller. Usually, you can break up that doughy ball but it always seems to reform into a ball overnight. That is normal. I've had some chickens with this over the years and it really doesn't seem to negatively affect them. Now if the chicken isn't eating, drinking, losing significant weight, acting sick, it may be an issue. She could have a sour crop and I would treat for a sour crop. Grass or hay balls in a crop feel much different than dough balls. So a dough ball doesn't mean an impacted crop. And the dough balls don't always disappear and the chicken learns to live with it. I'm not sure what they are but I think they are fungal in nature and if that is what they are, you would need something to treat fungal infections. Not surgery.
 
She had a treat yesterday that felt just like what is in her crop. She is really high on the pecking order, which is why she probably has the issue, she ate the most. Can she eat with it in there? I think surgery would be the best option, but I'm going to call my vet first and maybe she can do it, or can recommend something else because surgery is the last thing i want to do. She isn't a skeleton, she weighs over seven pounds and carrying her around yesterday to take care of her crop, my arm almost fell off.
 
She had a treat yesterday that felt just like what is in her crop. She is really high on the pecking order, which is why she probably has the issue, she ate the most. Can she eat with it in there? I think surgery would be the best option, but I'm going to call my vet first and maybe she can do it, or can recommend something else because surgery is the last thing i want to do. She isn't a skeleton, she weighs over seven pounds and carrying her around yesterday to take care of her crop, my arm almost fell off.
Okay... At seven pounds I would tube at least 60 ml of water, massage crop ball, then tube more water and massage again. Tubing water will break up the mass as long as the mass isn't long grass.
 
I just checked and the stuff in her crop is less than half the size it was before. I think she will be fine. Thank you so much for your help! I'll check out the website for further use.
That's good news! FWIW, in all the years I have had chickens I have never had to even consider crop surgery. Have I seen impacted crop? Yes, a few, and none required surgery.

FWIW, I would rather tube water to 100 chickens while blindfolded than attempt crop surgery on my own.
 
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