Batleys mum Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I have a Light Sussex who has a massive crop.I looked in my books and they recommended squirting olive oil into her beak,massaging it for 5 minutes then turning her upside down and trying to get her to bring it up.I tried this on 4 seperate occasions and without success.A neighbour who keeps chickens suggested i starve her for a day,which i did and the crop seemed to have emptied but yesterday she went back to normal rations and today her crop is again huge and feels solid.ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE? Thankyou in anticipation Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Dont try to make her bring it up - if the mass is too big to go down it isnt going to come up and it may cause problems if you try. Its the suggested treatment for sour crop not blocked crop Dosing with olive oil and then massaging the crop can sometimes break up the mass Some people recommend giving the hen live maggots to eat through the blockage (these can be obtained from fishing bait shops) Keep her on tiny or no rations for now or you'll just add to the problem but dont withdraw water completely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Is her crop massive all the time, or does it go down overnight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batleys mum Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Hi and thankyou.Would live mealworms do the same job as maggots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 No, it needs to be maggots I'm afraid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batleys mum Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Well the crop was full last night and is still enormous now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Useful article **here**. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batleys mum Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Thankyou so much.She seems ok in herself but the crop does look really uncomfortable and huge!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 maggots. lots of them, as many as she will eat 4/5 times a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
