Some of you may remember my posts about my poor little chicken with the crop issues. She had what appeared to be an impacted crop when she was about 1 month old, then a recurrence of sour/impacted crop recently. I had her in my house in a Rubbermaid bin and was doing all of the standard "sour crop" treatment stuff. Olive Oil, probiotics, vinegar water, soft food, etc. Food would just sit in her crop and not go down for hours and hours, and eventually start rotting.
I believe she had what is called pendulous crop, as her crop really hung down LOW. In order to squish any food "down" her, we almost had to squish it "up" first. This condition made her basically unsurvivable in the long-term, as we could not keep her isolated for her whole life and only soft foods, etc. She was miserable. I decided to cull her and put her out of her misery, but God took care of her for me while I was on my business trip. She passed away last Wednesday, July 1, about 2 hours before my plane landed.
My husband took her out to see her buddies at the coop about an hour before she went to sleep. She just wanted to sleep. Her buddies said goodbye. I will miss her - she was a sweet little hen.
Thanks to BYC forum for all of your support and advice with her.
On a side note, I had ANOTHER chicken with a full/squishy crop first thing in the morning. I brought her in, expelled the nasty rotting stuff, gave vinegar water, and she's fine now. Guess God was preparing me to be the sour crop expert in my area!
I believe she had what is called pendulous crop, as her crop really hung down LOW. In order to squish any food "down" her, we almost had to squish it "up" first. This condition made her basically unsurvivable in the long-term, as we could not keep her isolated for her whole life and only soft foods, etc. She was miserable. I decided to cull her and put her out of her misery, but God took care of her for me while I was on my business trip. She passed away last Wednesday, July 1, about 2 hours before my plane landed.
My husband took her out to see her buddies at the coop about an hour before she went to sleep. She just wanted to sleep. Her buddies said goodbye. I will miss her - she was a sweet little hen.
Thanks to BYC forum for all of your support and advice with her.
On a side note, I had ANOTHER chicken with a full/squishy crop first thing in the morning. I brought her in, expelled the nasty rotting stuff, gave vinegar water, and she's fine now. Guess God was preparing me to be the sour crop expert in my area!
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