- Nov 12, 2013
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HI all. I have a chicken who is a little poorly. Here are the signs/symptoms:
1) Large soft crop. No sour smell. Evacuated a lot of the water by tipping her forward. Still soft, but a lot closer to regular size.
2) Dried poopy bottom. I soaked her in a warm bath, washing her bottom and vent. I then put her in soapy warm water to see if I could feel anything in the opening of the vent. I could not. Her area around where the poopy bottom was is redder than usual. Didn't feel like an egg in there. This is from a hen who hasn't laid an egg in about a year (all of our chickens stopped laying then. We've only gotten 4 eggs over the past 15 months). Vent was pretty dry, as if she was a bit dehydrated.
3) Comb is drooped over and a bit dry.
4) She's tired and was dipping her head forward when we saw her in the run, sitting facing the corner. She has perked up a bit with cleaning her and removing some of the water from her crop.
5) She's been ticking and dipping her head to the right. Not often, but it is an atypical behavior (my guess is related to the swollen crop).
I was thinking impacted crop from long stringy stuff, but it is not hard or even tough/doughy.
Thoughts?
1) Large soft crop. No sour smell. Evacuated a lot of the water by tipping her forward. Still soft, but a lot closer to regular size.
2) Dried poopy bottom. I soaked her in a warm bath, washing her bottom and vent. I then put her in soapy warm water to see if I could feel anything in the opening of the vent. I could not. Her area around where the poopy bottom was is redder than usual. Didn't feel like an egg in there. This is from a hen who hasn't laid an egg in about a year (all of our chickens stopped laying then. We've only gotten 4 eggs over the past 15 months). Vent was pretty dry, as if she was a bit dehydrated.
3) Comb is drooped over and a bit dry.
4) She's tired and was dipping her head forward when we saw her in the run, sitting facing the corner. She has perked up a bit with cleaning her and removing some of the water from her crop.
5) She's been ticking and dipping her head to the right. Not often, but it is an atypical behavior (my guess is related to the swollen crop).
I was thinking impacted crop from long stringy stuff, but it is not hard or even tough/doughy.
Thoughts?