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I just put her back with the flock. Her crop was empty this morning, and she was able to process dry food without it swelling up or any medicine involved. She seems mostly normal, and is a very happy bird. In summary, it took almost a whole week. Next time I will use Epsom salt in the water...

Well that's weird. Her crop was small this morning but big and swollen again when I got home from work, even though I only gave her about a teaspoon of food this morning. Argh. This is frustrating because we already thought she was better. I guess I'll have to keep her inside and repeat the...

Yup she's always had grit. The Dulcolax and Epsom seems to have done the trick! This morning her crop was back down to normal size. It feels like a hard marble at the moment. It's so weird because I vomitted her last night and her crop was almost the size of a baseball even when empty. I was...

Very little improvement from the Dulcolax and Epsom salts so far. I'm going to keep her on liquids longer than a day this time, which is going to be messy because it starts coming out both ends. If she hasn't gotten better by Monday I'll take her to the vet to have her crop cleaned out. But if...

I didn't see the link. That had a couple things I did not try. So I gave her a tiny bit of egg with Dulcolax and I put Epsom salt in her water. We'll see when I get home if that cleared her out.

She is drinking plenty of water and has a good appetite. My question is what to expect. Will she always have a pendulous crop, or does it just take weeks to go away (and if so, when is it okay to return her to the flock)? I had her on liquids only for a whole day. Then I gave her starter feed...

I had my first case of sour crop on my Buckeye chick who is about 12 weeks old. I check on them every day so I'm sure I noticed her enlarged crop right away. The day before we had let them in the yard and they were vigorously eating some leaves off of a small tree, so I'm guessing that was the...

My chicks are 5 weeks old and I put them outside in the coop last week. It's a bit colder here in Indiana, getting into the 40's at night. I have a heat lamp on a light sensor, and a second heat lamp on a thermostat that will kick on if it gets below like 65 degrees. The chicks seem quite happy...

Could be cocci or worms.

I never heard of chicken necks breaking that easily. Chickens are tough. I suspect they only appear broken because they are limp. Chicken heads can turn 180 degrees or more easily, so their flacid necks may appear quite contorted by human standards. Do they have proper ventilation? It is very...

As long as it doesn't stay hot for a long time then you shouldn't have any problems. I do not know of any app, but you probably don't need to monitor it that close IMO. The max heat and humidity for like 4 hours (I think) should be stored in most regular digital thermometers. If you check the...

Sure sounds like 'Blackhead Disease'.

Very sorry for your loss. It might be a good time to rethink your setup. A 5x8 is plenty big enough to hold food and water.

I just ordered this one because the reviews were good and a lot of people were using it in their barns. My wifi signal is non existent at my coop, but hopefully the large external antenna will help. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01M1347KW/ref=ya_st_dp_summary

Don't worry, once they are grown you most likely won't be holding them quite as often. Their feet almost always have chicken poo on them so you'll want to always wash your hands for that reason alone.