second season of neck bobbing and crop extension

[cowcreekgeek]

thank you for the advice, your right that vets are not the way to go! i knew it anyway but got desperate! wont be taking that route again im gonna get some eppsom salts and treat myself. im afraid my chickens are pets thou and i love them. thats that. i took them as rescue chicks from my sons school to stop them being returned to a farm, ive never had chickens before and have spent a fortune on housing them ect in order to give them a better life, its now my duty as i see it to keep them happy and healthy and ill do whatever it takes. ill take the advice to worm them ,thanks. i am extremely attached to all my animals(cats dog) and give them all individual care to the best of my ability thou i do only have three chickens! and the other two have had no health issues. i just want her better! they are loveable as you say and i love having them but if i cant succeed in keeping three healthy then i dont think id take on anymore. the thought is sad therefore i must crack this issue with the crop! lol anyway checked her this morning crop has no fluid in it but was solid with food so dont know if its emptied, didnt want to withhold food last night as that would have been two nights in a row so will take the food out last thing tonight and see if its empty in the morning, fingers crossed. ive found that the best advice for caring for chickens is found on this site, id rather ask someone here than a vet. just wish i had someone with as much knowledge living near me! so i could call you over and say "look at that, what do you think?" id love to have someone just feel her! but never mind i will follow advice given and report back how shes doing .
thank you x

Well, you just remember that you've already given 'em better than most ever would, and there's a randomness to the order of things ... ya oughta hatch a few out, so as to keep a constant flock around from now on (it's just a matter of adjusting to the way they're designed, and the sad events won't be nearly so difficult as they'd otherwise be ~'-)

 

[fyrbyrd]

Wanted to let all know, how my difficulties with the crop issues worked out. Unfortunately they didn't. My Wyandotte didn't make it. CowCreekGeek you were right, No matter what I tried, this time she wouldn't rally! The vet and I just couldn't let her suffer anymore. She was slowly suffocating and starving at the same time. We put her down.
Shell3, you needn't apologize for your affection for your birds, we all love ours too. They are so unique, and each one has it's own personality. This site has more information and good ideas to help keep your flocks happy and healthy, than anywhere else. I thank all that responded, and helped me with this bird. What a great group you are!! Thanks, and here we go into a new and hopefully better year.

 

[cowcreekgeek]

Wanted to let all know, how my difficulties with the crop issues worked out. Unfortunately they didn't. My Wyandotte didn't make it. CowCreekGeek you were right, No matter what I tried, this time she wouldn't rally! The vet and I just couldn't let her suffer anymore. She was slowly suffocating and starving at the same time. We put her down.
Shell3, you needn't apologize for your affection for your birds, we all love ours too. They are so unique, and each one has it's own personality. This site has more information and good ideas to help keep your flocks happy and healthy, than anywhere else. I thank all that responded, and helped me with this bird. What a great group you are!! Thanks, and here we go into a new and hopefully better year.

I sure wish this was one of the many times I've been wrong ... sorry it didn't work out. But, my answer in such things is to remind folks that they have a flock to tend to, just like my neighbors and Dad always did when I was little, so as to compel me to move forward. There will be losses, no matter how experienced or informed you may become ... it's just another, albeit less pleasant, part of keepin' birds.

 

[shell3]

hi guys. fyrbyrd: so sorry for your loss
well im not convinced bombie(the chicken im trying to treat) has an infection in the crop , when i emptied crop last week fluid was clear and v little smell. she seemed bit better after emptying it but now all full up again!!! i think she has a blockage prob lower down. how would i go about clearing it? i spoke to a vet on the phone she said she could cut the crop open and remove blockage with local anastetic. but as lots of people have said dont take them to vets im not sure what to do. if theres a way i can unblock her myself id rather, any advice? thanks
also should i keep emptying the crop or do it as little as possible?