I bought 3 chickens about 2 months ago. I think one of them have had issues with their crop twice now. This second time I think is going to kill her. She is very lethargic. Can't keep her eyes open. Doesn't move much and her head nods off repeatedly. Does anyone have a good potential cure for it?
7:41p, 4/25/24
Mareks disease happened to our second round a few years ago. It was sad to see and nothing we could do about it. It exists in the soil and they gradually get it.
6:32p, 4/26/24
We've had a couple that died from what I'm pretty sure was Marek's.
One of our Wyandottes from last year got a swollen crop and we've tried a bunch of stuff to get it to go down but it hasn't, and she seems fine. Wife calls her Dolly, I call her Lumpy.
One of our Wyandottes from last year got a swollen crop and we've tried a bunch of stuff to get it to go down but it hasn't, and she seems fine. Wife calls her Dolly, I call her Lumpy.
9:49a, 4/27/24
In reply to tmaggie50
It almost never works. I don't think there was much you were going to be able to do to save her outside of a vet visit, which, let's be honest, probably isn't work the visit. Sorry for your chicken and family. That sucks.
We have historically force fed syringes of olive oil and yogurt to help clear impacted crops.tmaggie50 said:
Found her dead this morning in the coop.
It almost never works. I don't think there was much you were going to be able to do to save her outside of a vet visit, which, let's be honest, probably isn't work the visit. Sorry for your chicken and family. That sucks.