Steph101 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 We were really worried on Friday morning, as Barbara's crop was bulging first thing, and we had found a soft shelled egg in the litter tray (never seen one before). I was frantic having ready all the stories on the internet about them sometimes needing surgery to get rid of it. After a little research, I went to the chemist to buy a syringe. and the fishing tackle shop to buy a couple of bags of white maggots. Gross! But I'm happy to report that, after a couple more days of maggots given in the evenings doused in olive oil, and a little firm but gentle massage, all is well again! Panic over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Well done! Mine love maggots as a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanie3 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Well done - we had the same problem - last year. beryl had impacted crop which turned into sour crop. we had a syringe and epsom salts - we had to turn her upside to help her get it out of both ends - massage her for a week and she came though it. We also had some help from maggotts which the chickens loved. We were so pleased - like you reading some of the horrifying stories was worrying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Well done Steph! I haven't had that problem myself but I've heard it's not nice to have to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmaw298 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 well done! I had the same problem a few weeks ago and its very worrying and takes a lot of TLC - the vet thought I had probably saved her life, thanks to all the advice of this website. Mabel lost a lot of weight during it and went very very pale. She is my only ex-batt not to have gone through a moult yet so I think it had quite am impact on her.. she isn't laying much still but her face has started going red again recently so things are improving. Hope yours makes a full recovery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queen toni Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 so what exactly do you, feed them maggots in a little oil and massage the crop? anything else? i think one of our chickens has an impacted crop, we noticed it yesterday looking a lot bigger than usual, and it feels quite hard to touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Read **this thread**queen toni. It is detailed there. Good luck with your hen and welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queen toni Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 thanks, thats really helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
