The crop should feel mostly empty in morning. The gizzard is where the grit is to help grind up and digest the food. The crop is just a vessel to store food and water before it moves along.
I like to give a scrambled egg chopped up, and mix in a tsp of plain yogurt for probiotics. Instead of using oatmeal, I would wet her chicken feed into a paste and add the yogurt, and add some egg on top.
I like to give a scrambled egg chopped up, and mix in a tsp of plain yogurt for probiotics. Instead of using oatmeal, I would wet her chicken feed into a paste and add the yogurt, and add some egg on top.