Grass blockage??

[cottoncandys]

So I stupidly gave my chickens some grass the other day, they have grit idk what went wrong, BUT one of my silkies has grass stuck in her vent and it feels stuck when I barely pull on it. She still wants to eat food and drink water. Her poops have been watery like something is blocked in her system . Anyone know what I can do??
I would take her to the vet but money is an issue atm and I don't think any vets in my area treat chickens.
I tried Epsom salt soak to see if that would help and some grass came out but now she's acting like she can't poop at all .

Hope I make sense lol sorry if I don't. BUT PLEASE HELP!!

 

[azygous]

Chickens can overdo spring grass. It can impact a crop and impact a gizzard. To help it work its way through, give a couple teaspoons of coconut oil into the chicken's beak and massage it into the crop.

The handy thing with coconut oil is you can break it into bite size pieces and chill it. Giving solid oil is so much safer and easier and less messy than liquid oil.

 

[Bonnie in western WA]

Chickens can overdo spring grass. It can impact a crop and impact a gizzard. To help it work its way through, give a couple teaspoons of coconut oil into the chicken's beak and massage it into the crop.

The handy thing with coconut oil is you can break it into bite size pieces and chill it. Giving solid oil is so much safer and easier and less messy than liquid oil.

This is really good info. You think they would eat the solid form just by hand feeding it? I too have this issue.

 

[azygous]

Anything you slip into a chicken's beak, they will swallow. It's a reflex. It's not necessary to try to get them to eat it.

 

[Irishsilk]

So I stupidly gave my chickens some grass the other day, they have grit idk what went wrong, BUT one of my silkies has grass stuck in her vent and it feels stuck when I barely pull on it. She still wants to eat food and drink water. Her poops have been watery like something is blocked in her system . Anyone know what I can do??
I would take her to the vet but money is an issue atm and I don't think any vets in my area treat chickens.
I tried Epsom salt soak to see if that would help and some grass came out but now she's acting like she can't poop at all .

Hope I make sense lol sorry if I don't. BUT PLEASE HELP!!

How is she now?