I was concerned for Miss Daisy May, my one and a half year old Co-Op hen. She eats a lot! So much that her crop gets to looking like she's carting around a baseball under her beak and since it gets quite hard I figured it might be impacted. I put her in a separate cage outside of her pen with some water and a little apple cider vinegar for four and a half hours with No food; the time its supposed to take for the food to be digested. When I checked on her at 4:30 pm, her crop was all but empty!
Just the time alone gave her little body a chance to digest all the food and grass she had eaten. She's a tiny thing and quite bony but that's just the way her body makeup is. I gave her some banana and a soft scrambled egg cooked in olive oil and was glad I could give her a chance to 'rest' from eating so constantly. Now I am sure she doesn't have a impacted crop - She is a happy camper and am was I.
Stephanie
Just the time alone gave her little body a chance to digest all the food and grass she had eaten. She's a tiny thing and quite bony but that's just the way her body makeup is. I gave her some banana and a soft scrambled egg cooked in olive oil and was glad I could give her a chance to 'rest' from eating so constantly. Now I am sure she doesn't have a impacted crop - She is a happy camper and am was I.
Stephanie
