Rockergirl
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- Sep 14, 2022
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Hi! I'm pretty sure my chicken is experiencing impacted crop. I was out of town and my neighbor feed her a lot of lettuce. She is not lethargic but didn't sleep on her roost bar two nights ago and not walking around playing nor eating. We brought her inside yesterday and she was regurgitating some liquid, she wanted to eat eggs but liquid came out of mouth when she would open mouth to try to eat. I took the eggs away, left the water. We massaged the crop last night. She hasn't eaten in about 36 hours, which worries me and pretty sure no water. Today she seems so much happier and walking around in the dog crate and really looks like she is bored and ready to go play. She had a runny poop of green stuff (I think all that lettuce) this morning. I gave eggs again since she was so much more responsive (her FAVORITE) - she regurgitated one last thing of water when she went to eat them but I think it was just build up by not eating or opening her mouth the entire nigh, prior because she hasn't done it again and she did finally eat a small bit of eggs without regurgitating - normally she would inhale the eggs, but something is a good sign. I'm hopeful the crop rub and her finally pooping out a bunch of lettuce means she is on the mend. BUT...I need to get food/water in her. I know giving too many eggs isn't good for chickens, too much calcium. What kind of diet should I try to get into her? I worry her chicken feed is too grainy and hard on her stomach?
It may have been the change in water bowl that helped that....is it okay to try and give her some of her regular chicken feed or should I continue with eggs?
