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Okay maybe I am being paranoid here....but I can't seem to find any fast answers on google.

My broody little 11 month old bantam SEEMS healthy, but she stays on the nest all of the time and her crop seems huge and soft, as if it is full of water. Yes she DOES eat at least once a day and that seems normal too.

Is that normal? The older broody does not seem to have a huge water balloon type crop. Little broody seems okay but I really don't think she is eating enough to have her crop that full. What obvious problem am I missing here?
 
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Is it really her crop? Or is her breast just puffed up for covering eggs? I have two broodies now, I'll have to feel theirs and see.. But I do know they are hugely puffed out up front, and very soft.
 
christine9 said:
I need all of your expertise! I just bought two pullets that will be arriving wed. How do you all quarantine? I've read two weeks, 30 ft from flock and I've read 30 days. Someone else suggested adding one of the existing hens after the initial quarantine to see if the new birds are carriers. What do you guys think? I feel like I'm over thinking this, but I don't want a disaster.
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If I trust the source and know them to have clean property/practice, I'm a tad more lax. However some I got from a nasty place, I kept separate for about a month. Instinct is what I go on I guess, whether it's right or wrong depends on who you ask. :)
 
It is her crop, it feels like she has a squishy water balloon in there yet she rarely ever leaves the nest as far as I can tell (though I am not 100% sure). The other 4 year old broody also puffs up but her crop does not feel the same at all.

The girl in question is Bella, she seems healthy and she DOES eat (I put out two little dishes of special "broody" food that includes vitamins and raw egg in the afternoons and make the older broody go out to eat else she won't), so I know Bella seems to eat fine.
 
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So last year we noticed we had a bit of a bug issue outside. Doesn't help there is a pond about 200 yards from our house. Well this spring we got a bug zapper and it has helped allot. I noticed after a month or so the toads were hanging out under the zapper waiting for an easy meal. Then last week while researching maggot farms I ran across a guy who placed a 5 gallon bucket with a little water under a flood light. He was catching all kinds of beetles and flies. Well I put a bucket under my zapper and now every morning I wake up to about 2-3 ounces of fresh bugs. So if your looking for an easy way to get your birds some bugs this works great.
 
I'm pretty sure she wasn't diseased. I think she had some genetic issue or maybe the leg injury just made her too weak and she couldn't heal. She wasn't found wear she usually is. Most of the time she is under a tree and never ventured far from it or the coop.

My husband put her in the woods.
 

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