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In the foreground is our two week old chick "Chaps". Chaps is a lot smaller than her chick mates about half the size. She has been eating but is a bit more tired than the others. Several days ago I notices a small knot in her crop. I have also noticed her running around with a piece of pine shred like it is a trophy trying to eat it like she is hungry. In this photo I just gave her some of her milled chick food with water - she gorged herself and now her crop is soft. The next day her crop went down but not empty and still hard a small amount of harness to it. Any thoughts from anyone on what to do. She seems to be drinking fine and her waste is softish but normal colored. I though maybe she had a parasite ( to account for her remaining so small) so I got her stool tested which came out fine. Any thoughts on what I should do? I am now suspecting she has a compacted crop but I am not sure. She was born April 16th. Any help would be appreciated we are brand new to raising chickens.
Thanks
In the foreground is our two week old chick "Chaps". Chaps is a lot smaller than her chick mates about half the size. She has been eating but is a bit more tired than the others. Several days ago I notices a small knot in her crop. I have also noticed her running around with a piece of pine shred like it is a trophy trying to eat it like she is hungry. In this photo I just gave her some of her milled chick food with water - she gorged herself and now her crop is soft. The next day her crop went down but not empty and still hard a small amount of harness to it. Any thoughts from anyone on what to do. She seems to be drinking fine and her waste is softish but normal colored. I though maybe she had a parasite ( to account for her remaining so small) so I got her stool tested which came out fine. Any thoughts on what I should do? I am now suspecting she has a compacted crop but I am not sure. She was born April 16th. Any help would be appreciated we are brand new to raising chickens.
Thanks
