Strange behavior from a pullet, possible sour crop?

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I have what I'm pretty sure is an olive egger pullet, she's around four to six weeks. Ever since we got her, she's done this odd behavior with her head/neck where she stretches out and sort of... wiggles? It's almost snake like. I'm not sure how else to describe it and I've tried to get a video of it but haven't been able. She mostly does it when she's laying down.

She's eating well, drinking well. She's active and inquisitive, her eyes are clear and her poop looks normal. I've very carefully felt her crop but I'm not completely sure what I'm looking for. The other day it felt kind of balloon like and so I separated her overnight for 12 hours without food or water which is what my vet said when I called (it's a holiday here and I wasn't able to go in but she didn't sound concerned), and in the morning it felt normal, I think? It felt flat. So I introduced small amounts of water and food like the vet said, but she's still doing it and her crop feels not balloon like but definitely not flat.

I'm really not sure what to do and I'm planning on taking her into the vet when they open but I was wondering if there's anything else I can do or if anyone else has experienced something like this.

 

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Is she still doing this? Sometimes, a chick will have an uncomfortable crop, too full perhaps, and by stretching out the neck, it often settles the crop contents.

Prolonged neck stretching may mean an impacted crop. This happens when not enough grit or improper grit is consumed as the chick is offered hard to digest treats. Digestion slows down in the gizzard and the crop backs up. It also happens when a chick nibbles on the bedding and it clogs up the works.

The cure is coconut oil, a teaspoon divided into pea size pieces and chilled to hardness. This makes it easy to slip the pieces into the beak one by one without risking aspiration of the oil into the airway. It also helps not to get oil all over everything except in the chick where it's needed. An hour later, give more oil if the chick hasn't improved.

You can buy chick grit at your feed store. If you aren't giving grit, it's probably time to start.

 

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Is she still doing this? Sometimes, a chick will have an uncomfortable crop, too full perhaps, and by stretching out the neck, it often settles the crop contents.

Prolonged neck stretching may mean an impacted crop. This happens when not enough grit or improper grit is consumed as the chick is offered hard to digest treats. Digestion slows down in the gizzard and the crop backs up. It also happens when a chick nibbles on the bedding and it clogs up the works.

The cure is coconut oil, a teaspoon divided into pea size pieces and chilled to hardness. This makes it easy to slip the pieces into the beak one by one without risking aspiration of the oil into the airway. It also helps not to get oil all over everything except in the chick where it's needed. An hour later, give more oil if the chick hasn't improved.

You can buy chick grit at your feed store. If you aren't giving grit, it's probably time to start.

Thank you!

I have been giving grit though I didn't know about the coconut oil so I'm going to do that or at least have it on hand because she's not doing it recently.