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David-in-PDX
In the Brooder
- Apr 11, 2021
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Damerow’s book is helpful, she does a great job of providing very concise ways to distinguish impacted crop, sour crop, and pendulous crop. Based on this, I believe that pendulous crop is my hen’s underlying condition. It is possible that there is some sour crop, but the smell seems to have gone away so that is less a concern.
She has still a large, firm mass in her crop. I think it will need to be removed surgically, but I am massaging it every hour and it is at least changing shape and perhaps getting smaller. I have a hard time imagining it going away on its own, though.
Her poop is more watery and irregular, but she is still bright, active, and laying. Here’s some nest box competition from yesterday:
Seems she’s using that giant crop to try to displace our broody Jersey Giant.
She sees a vet tomorrow, so I’ll be interested to see what comes from that.
She has still a large, firm mass in her crop. I think it will need to be removed surgically, but I am massaging it every hour and it is at least changing shape and perhaps getting smaller. I have a hard time imagining it going away on its own, though.
Her poop is more watery and irregular, but she is still bright, active, and laying. Here’s some nest box competition from yesterday:
Seems she’s using that giant crop to try to displace our broody Jersey Giant.
She sees a vet tomorrow, so I’ll be interested to see what comes from that.