Rooster seems off

[Eggcessive]

How does his crop feel? Does he have an impacted crop? Does he take some granite grit ro help his gizzard to digest foods?

 

[shannon84]

How does his crop feel? Does he have an impacted crop? Does he take some granite grit ro help his gizzard to digest foods?

Yes I give them grit. I'm not good about telling if they're crop feels full or not. But I felt my heathly hens hers felt firm and squishy. Then I felt his and I just felt flatness .

 

[Eggcessive]

It is hard to know if there is some blockage or something going on. i just did a necropsy on a hen who had a blocked gizzard.

 

[shannon84]

It is hard to know if there is some blockage or something going on. i just did a necropsy on a hen who had a blocked gizzard.

How do you treat that?

 

[Eggcessive]

Most of the time we don’t know it until an autopsy is done. Can you try a vet on Monday?

 

[shannon84]

Most of the time we don’t know it until an autopsy is done. Can you try a vet on Monday?

Oh thsts bad. I think the closest one is an hour away ill see if I can get him in. I was hoping there was some type of home remedy. Is it common?

 

[Chicalina]

you can treat an impacted crop at home, but you said his was flat?

 

[shannon84]

you can treat an impacted crop at home, but you said his was flat?

Do you make them regurgitate? That scares me.

 

[Chicalina]

it is more about softening and massaging the impaction, adding a little olive oil helps, so it breaks up and goes down

 

[shannon84]

it is more about softening and massaging the impaction, adding a little olive oil helps, so it breaks up and goes down

I did that today, he has been crowing not as much as usual but finally been going past 3 days. How long for the Vaseline treatment for leg mites? I also did ivermectin on his back a few days ago