sonew-eggshellsonmyass
In the Brooder
- May 31, 2023
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I have a 7month old speckled Sussex. Noticed her chest was larger on Sunday, her crop felt squishy and didn’t empty over night. I have her in the run with her sisters in a large dog cage during the day and put her into the coop with the others at night. (There is no food or water in the coop, only the run).yesterday I gave her coconut oil which she likes, and left watery mash for her along with poultry cell water. She did eat some of the watery mash yesterday . Her crop still didn’t feel like it completely emptied overnight so I started giving her yeast meds this morning on a few pieces of scrambled eggs as I suspect sour crop. She has poultry cell water and fresh water in her cage today but I didn’t leave any mash for her hoping her crop will empty by the end of the day. Plan on giving her yogurt and scrambled eggs when I get home along with another dose of yeast med. My question is should I be offering her grit right now? Will it help or make it worse? Her run has native dirt with construction sand and they are fed layer feed with oyster shells in it. So she has had access to grit/sand before this happened. She did have watery diarrhea Sunday but it is starting to solidify a bit as of yesterday and this morning.