Sooo much pooping

[lillybettybabs]

Hi,

 

My little Babs has some aliments, She is nearly bold on the neck

and chest which i think is the first moult.

Sunday moring she had done a softie and still had a full crop.

I took her indoors and managed to empty the crop, fed her some runny mashed egg and put her back outside, She seemed fine for a while but then i found her hunched up at the back ( another softie on the way). I brought her inside for the night she laid another softie this moring, I have given her a little yoghurt and put her back outside with the others.

She went straight to the nest box and lay on the other girls eggs (which i quickly moved) she is off the nest now and hasn't laid another thing.

Any ideas?

[Egluntyne]

Could be any one of a number of things.

 

Laying soft eggs can make them feel quite off. It could be that all her symptoms are related to this.

[Plum]

Softies make mine look really depressed but they pick up afterwards. I would stick to the pellets and make sure you have some mixed grit with oystershell in a pot in the run she can help herself to.

 

Is her crop empty in the morning now? I found one of mine was eating straw from the nestbox so changed it.

[lillybettybabs]

i caught her eating the Aubiose in the run , I have put them back on the grass ( a bit early than i wanted too). Fingers crossed she's ok.

[Plum]

Good news

[lillybettybabs]

Pleased to report Babs is laying normal eggs now, and feel much better

I think the impacted crop had something to do with the softies.