Recent content by pickle47

Thank you @BartokRae! This is helpful information. Now that I am very "crop aware", I have noticed that two of my other Bielefelder hens do indeed trend towards a very prominent droopy crop by the end of the afternoon, but it does seem to go down by morning and they have shown no crop-related...

I second what @Happy hen lover wrote - thank you so much Azygous! I am deeply grateful for all of your help (and all the others who have weighed in as I've dealt with these crop issues). I have a lot more confidence now about doing the surgery, I am rounding up the rest of the supplies and...

Okay this is very helpful thank you. Point taken about wanting to do the surgery when the chicken is strong still. I have a few questions - one, is it better to keep the chicken off food for the 12 or 24 hours ahead of the surgery, or does this not matter? Two, is there a concern about the...

I should add - while the crop seems about the same size, she has stopped doing the gagging/head tossing, she laid an egg in her crate, and seems lively and has a lot to say. I put her back in the run for social time because she was so sad in the garage and she is pecking around with energy...

Well sadly the crop has not diminished in size and feels about the same, in spite of aggressive coconut oil, massage, two rounds of docusate sodium. I think it's hay, it feels like my Bielefelder's crop (only slightly less large - a large plum/small nectarine). I got a feeding tube and 60 mL...

OK thank you so much! I've started her on this program, I have her in a big dog crate in the basement with just water and just gave her coconut oil and another massage. The good news is that her poop is solid and looks more or less normal - not just watery like my Bielefelder - so I think she...

Well, I was afraid this might happen - now one of my Buckeyes is in a very similar situation, it seems. She seems to be doing OK - some head tossing, but otherwise no other symptoms - but her crop feels identical, full in the morning - feels like the hay-filled crop from my poor Bielefelder...

Thank you all kindly. Now to get a delivery of woodchips for their run instead of hay...

Because I was pretty sure that she had a hay obstruction (given how it felt and that I could not help her empty the crop no matter what) and that the sour crop was secondary, and rather than subject her to an operation without anesthetic, my friend came over this morning to process her for her...

Thank you! Good to know she can go some time without much food. And she is in a quiet, warm place. What is filling the crop doesn't feel like air, or even particularly liquid. It feels like a somewhat squishy mass....as I'd imagine hay or grass would be. Her breath is regular, not...

Hi all, First of all I apologize for the length of this post! I wanted to lay out the situation completely. I have read every thread I could find on crop issues in BYC (thank you to all the experienced people who have posted), but my approach isn't working so far.... I am a first-time...