PeckyBeak Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 The mixed corn I have been feeding my girls for some time has the usual Wheat and Maize in it, but it also has dried Blue Peas and Yellow Peas. It says on the label it is for poultry and pigeons. I will put a separate post up on the chicken clinic forum, but my Lavender Bluebelle, is hopefully now recovering from what I was treating as sour crop, which she clearly had but that wouldn't go away. So after going again to the vets, it was discovered that she had an impaction further down which they tried to but couldn't shift, other than by an operation to cut open her crop. The vet found loads of the peas that had got stuck and grown in size. Needless to say, I binned the rest and will only buy corn without the peas in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneyolktoanother Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 our chook Pip has just ahd the same op and it seems it was corn blocking her crop. She is doing well and started eating her usual food, the only thing now is should i ever give her corn again? How is your chook doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Oh NO!...my OH has been to the feed merchant today, and returned with a sack of mixed corn with split peas in it.... I did say poultry corn, bless him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckyBeak Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hi Sari and oneyolktoanother, You may be OK with split peas, the ones in mine were whole. She is in isolation, and only having water with Avipro in, chopped up scrambled egg in water with Nutri drops and very sloppy mash. She cannot have grit yet, so everything has to be wet and vet says to flush her out. Even though it was Friday she had the op to clear her out, and she hadn't had corn for several days before, there are stilll bits of peas coming out. Baytril by mouth for 5 days and vets tomorrow. I have put a post on the clinic aswell and will let you know how she goes, but wanted to post on main board as important to warn to as many as poss. about the peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Fingers crossed....I dread anything happening to mine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks for the warning It may be worth contacting the manufacturers of the said corn mix they may consider removing the peas especially if you inform them that you have also been informed that other posters on the forum have also encountered problems with the peas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 To balance the situation my lot have been eating whole peas, whole seeds and whole corn kernels all winter and (touch wood) no problems here Crop problems often manifest in chooks that will obessively eat lots of the same thing either in one go over over some days Its a fair warning and its always good to be aware of these things but most chooks will have eaten this same mix with no ill effects, it sounds like you were unlucky Glad your chook is on the mend now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enpekt Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks,Redwing! In agreement with you and in fairness, Pecky has been feeding the chooks with this mix for two years and this is our first problem with blue and yellow peas. On the basis of the upset to Lavender, our decision to remove the peas (which are really hard and must be difficult to digest) from the chooks' diet might be a bit over-the-top, but considering the cost of treatment and the stress on the hen we hope no-one else's chook suffers this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Most things suitable for pigeons will have big bits in such as peas and corn so its worth avoiding those if you are worried Garvo and Allan and Page both do a 'special' mixed corn thats a bit fancier than usual and is more aimed at poultry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
