Tyson_chickens
Chirping
So my darling Henny (Easter Egger) has been acting quite strange the past couple of days. She hasn't be grazing like the others and she has been laying down most of the day in one spot. I go to pick her up and she pretty much allows me without any restraint. She used to go running around with all the chickens but she is no longer and is to herself now. I've looked online and read about checking for crop problems. I checked and at first it felt like a small and hard lump (this was in the afternoon though) but in the morning is was a lump but it was squishy. I read about sour crop and impacted crop. It's hard for me to feel it with a bunch of feathers in the way so I had a hard time deciphering which was which.
I have been massaging her crop everyday in case of impacted crop but it feels like its probably squishy. I try checking in the mornings and I feel it (read that it should be hard to detect in the mornings).
I saw her poop yesterday and it was pretty much all yellow liquid with a small pellet sized green and white poop.
This morning I left her in the coop by herself and closed the door so the other chickens couldn't get in or her out. I put fresh water with garlic and apple cider vinegar inside the coop with her. I read I should not allow her to eat for a day but I'm wondering if I should continue that? I was thinking of getting plain Greek yogurt for her so she can eat that at least?
I'm also worried that this might not even be a crop problem? What if it was something more serious? What if it's nothing at all?
As far as her leg egging, we didnt get anything yesterday but the day before she laid. I would say she has been having problems the past 3 days (as far as we noticed, I feel as though I noticed right away though)
This is Henny
The chickens living conditions:
Top is chicken coop and the bottom is for the ducks
I have been massaging her crop everyday in case of impacted crop but it feels like its probably squishy. I try checking in the mornings and I feel it (read that it should be hard to detect in the mornings).
I saw her poop yesterday and it was pretty much all yellow liquid with a small pellet sized green and white poop.
This morning I left her in the coop by herself and closed the door so the other chickens couldn't get in or her out. I put fresh water with garlic and apple cider vinegar inside the coop with her. I read I should not allow her to eat for a day but I'm wondering if I should continue that? I was thinking of getting plain Greek yogurt for her so she can eat that at least?
I'm also worried that this might not even be a crop problem? What if it was something more serious? What if it's nothing at all?
As far as her leg egging, we didnt get anything yesterday but the day before she laid. I would say she has been having problems the past 3 days (as far as we noticed, I feel as though I noticed right away though)
This is Henny
The chickens living conditions:
Top is chicken coop and the bottom is for the ducks