Sour Crop what to feed hen?

[Jose372829]

By all means serve her the whole egg. Hard boiled, soft boiled, scrambled, and even raw. There is a lot of good energy in the egg white and the yolk has valuable proteins and fats and vitamins and minerals.

Yes, stay away from corn - too high in sugars.

Thank you I’ll give it to her right away so she can’t eat her later feed?

 

[azygous]

Yes, she can have her layer feed, as well.

 

[Jose372829]

Yes, she can have her layer feed, as well.

Ok is there any certain amount I should give her?

 

[azygous]

I allow any sick chicken to determine how much and what to eat. Be sure to include access to grit while she's in treatment. This will assist the crop in returning to normal.

 

[Jose372829]

I allow any sick chicken to determine how much and what to eat. Be sure to include access to grit while she's in treatment. This will assist the crop in returning to normal.

Can chicken grit be made by hard boiled egg shells

 

[azygous]

Chicken grit is from granite rocks, ground up into small particles about the size of very coarse sand. Granite is most often used for grit because, unlike limestone, granite will not dissolve in water. It is swallowed by all birds in the bird kingdom. It travels from the crop to the gizzard where it acts like a garbage disposal to grind up food so the bird can digest it.

Without grit, a chicken would eventually die of starvation. Grit eventually becomes rounded and worn, just as garbage disposal blades do, and it needs to be replaced. The chicken poops out the old grit and consumes fresh grit. Egg shells and oyster shell will dissolve in water so they are useless as grit.

The good news is that you can buy it at the feed store where you find the chicken feed.

 

[Jose372829]

Can chicken grit be made by hard boiled egg shells

Chicken grit is from granite rocks, ground up into small particles about the size of very coarse sand. Granite is most often used for grit because, unlike limestone, granite will not dissolve in water. It is swallowed by all birds in the bird kingdom. It travels from the crop to the gizzard where it acts like a garbage disposal to grind up food so the bird can digest it.

Without grit, a chicken would eventually die of starvation. Grit eventually becomes rounded and worn, just as garbage disposal blades do, and it needs to be replaced. The chicken poops out the old grit and consumes fresh grit. Egg shells and oyster shell will dissolve in water so they are useless as grit.

The good news is that you can buy it at the feed store where you find the chicken feed.

Thanks I’ll go buy some at tsc some of my chickens at some small rock around the coop could that work as grit if not I’ll still buy it either way

 

[Jose372829]

update- she woke up with flat crop but I know we still aren’t done

 

[azygous]

You need to keep treating a yeast infection for a full seven days or it will keep coming back.

 

[Jose372829]

You need to keep treating a yeast infection for a full seven days or it will keep coming back.

Yes I will