Hi all,
We have a 23 week and 3 day old Black Australorp pullet who over the past 4 days has been acting kinda weird. She is a new layer ( on Sept 8). She had laid for 7 days straight, took a break and then started again yesterday, so it seemed as if she doesn't have a problem laying. Wednesday afternoon, early evening I noticed that she was doing a strange head/neck movement.. I have seen others describe it as a snake like motion which describes it perfectly. Thursday, she was doing it a little more and but both days she seemed to be behaving normally in everything else she was doing. Yesterday morning we noticed she was a little slower than normal and doing the "snake" movements starting in the morning. In the afternoon, I noticed she was standing still with one wing dropped and yawning real wide as if to get things to move out of her throat. By evening time, I had noticed she sounded like she was going to throw up. I did some looking around here yesterday and discovered she may have a crop problem. I felt her crop and it was very, very large.. but its state changes from squishy to hard. This morning I checked her and her crop was so big it is visibly hanging. So, I have put her in our built in brooder/sick bay box in the coop... by herself with some ACV water only. She has been in there since 8a MST and it is now 10:30a. I just check on if she had pooped and only found 1 (maybe the size of a baby silkie poop). She wants to be with the rest of the flock. She is talking in the brooder and pacing back and forth like she wants out of jail! I have tried massage on the crop, but she doesn't stand for it for more than 20 seconds or so. Her breath does not stink. I have seen so much conflicting info on here and the internet about how to treat. We want to go as natural as possible and prefer no vet visit due to the cost of it. Does anyone have any advice on how to proceed? Most specifically: can we let her join the flock? What about not pooping much? Thank you to all who see and reply to this. Trying not to freak out since this is our first flock and these girls really are our babies and pets with benefits
We have a 23 week and 3 day old Black Australorp pullet who over the past 4 days has been acting kinda weird. She is a new layer ( on Sept 8). She had laid for 7 days straight, took a break and then started again yesterday, so it seemed as if she doesn't have a problem laying. Wednesday afternoon, early evening I noticed that she was doing a strange head/neck movement.. I have seen others describe it as a snake like motion which describes it perfectly. Thursday, she was doing it a little more and but both days she seemed to be behaving normally in everything else she was doing. Yesterday morning we noticed she was a little slower than normal and doing the "snake" movements starting in the morning. In the afternoon, I noticed she was standing still with one wing dropped and yawning real wide as if to get things to move out of her throat. By evening time, I had noticed she sounded like she was going to throw up. I did some looking around here yesterday and discovered she may have a crop problem. I felt her crop and it was very, very large.. but its state changes from squishy to hard. This morning I checked her and her crop was so big it is visibly hanging. So, I have put her in our built in brooder/sick bay box in the coop... by herself with some ACV water only. She has been in there since 8a MST and it is now 10:30a. I just check on if she had pooped and only found 1 (maybe the size of a baby silkie poop). She wants to be with the rest of the flock. She is talking in the brooder and pacing back and forth like she wants out of jail! I have tried massage on the crop, but she doesn't stand for it for more than 20 seconds or so. Her breath does not stink. I have seen so much conflicting info on here and the internet about how to treat. We want to go as natural as possible and prefer no vet visit due to the cost of it. Does anyone have any advice on how to proceed? Most specifically: can we let her join the flock? What about not pooping much? Thank you to all who see and reply to this. Trying not to freak out since this is our first flock and these girls really are our babies and pets with benefits
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