How to Clear an Impacted Crop

The esophagus is also on the right side if you open the beak, you can see two entries. Use the correct entrance!

You're right about catching a breath while emptying the contents or else they choke and die.

I had no money and couldnt get any chicken start so i figured jiffy corn bread would be okay but i was bety wrong
My 2 week old baby chicks have a swollen crop
Plesse can you do this ropto baby chicks,???that was a stupid mistake but i had no choiseat the time.

I tried to do this without any results. I saw where someone said greek yogurt and olive oil would help. I tried it for a couple of days and it cleared it completely. I give her some at least every 3 days now or if I see her crop is big and harder and it keeps her clear. But her feathers haven't grown back.

What was that fluid introduced in the syringe? Thank you.

Thank you for posting this video so long ago! Helped us get our #1 hens crop fixed!❤

This was brilliant worked exactly as you said and the chicken wasn’t stressed by it. Thanks

this is very helpful! thanks for the help :)

Be very careful when forcing the water. You can make the chicken aspirate it in to the lungs.

I tried this on my sick chicken. It vomited everything up but then died immediately. The video was very informative and helpful for me to try and give my chicken a shot at living.

Thank you

"A bit of water." HOW MUCH WATER? A gallon? A mL? A pint? How much water should we give the bird?

Idiot trying to clear an empty crop wasted my time.

Next time use bigger gloves 🙄

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I have been googling and googling about impacted crop and this video is just perfect. Thank you so much for your really clear instructions. From it I was able to determine that impacted crop probably isn't the issue, which is an important step in itself.

This blew my mind. I watched your video and went right out and had to clear one of my chicks crops. IT WORKED! I hardly put any water in her crop and way more came out than I put in. She would have aspirated had I not done this. I am going to keep an eye on her to be sure she doesn't have more issues. Here's hoping whatever is causing the problem will so be corrected. Thank you so much.

Do me next 😂

Thank you. You saved another girls or boys life today. Can’t tell yet.

Such useful information, many thanks!! This is very good to know. Curious how apple cider vinegar is so good for people too.

Thank you so very much, Ma'am and Sir, your video pretty much saved my little chick's life! His crop was dangerously enlarged, and because of Good Friday, most vet clinics and services here are closed tomorrow. I tried your procedure, and it worked smoothly!

Now my lovely chick is back on his feet again! Thank you, and may God bless you always!

Thank You Thank you Thank you. I really needed this video fob my little red hen

How will this help get rid of large wads of grass? How can a ball of grass come out through the mouth? Why didn't you demonstrate with a chicken that had an impacted crop?

Danke für das hilfreiche Video🤗🐔

Thank you for your video!
Too many talk about everything but what their title is.
You got straight to the point and taught me what I needed to know.
Awesome!

You MUST BE SUPERCAREFUL when syringing anything in their mouth...BECAUSE if it goes into the center opening they will DIE...That is their breathing tube.

I noticed my rooster sounded funny a few days ago and looked a little puffy in front. It was really cold so I thought maybe he's puffed in the cold. Never thought any more about it till this morning when I feed I noticed every time he lowered his head liquid came out his mouth. I thought uh oh. Never had that happen! So I picked him up and his crop was huge. Been foraging on grass. I messaged him and his spot up some. I put him in a cage with ACV water and a chunk of butter because that's what I had. He was eating that as I walked away. I hope he's better when I return from work. Thank you. I had no idea what to do for him.

Thank you so much for sharing this information! You helped me save my chickens life. I would have never known this if I hadn't found your video. I'm forever grateful for you ❤️😊

My girl was that bad the second I picked her up she puked.

Thank you SO much! This video saved our little Brahma’s life! We fed her some water mixed with olive oil, waited and then rubbed the crop. She got better in the afternoon

Thank you so much for presenting this! Around evening, we had a chicken with an impacted crop and while not much came out when I tilted her, whatever had caused the blockage loosened up in the crop with a good deal of massaging. She seemed very tired from the ordeal, so we kept her in our chicken ICU (our bathroom) overnight and for a full day to make sure she was feeling alright before letting her go back to the flock. That was almost a week ago and she's right as rain now. I definitely would not have been able to save her without the demonstration and information you gave us. Thank you again so much!

I tried to do this but my hen wasn’t able to expel what was in her crop. However the mass did go down quite a bit and looked like things got moving again due to massaging. And she did poop. Does that mean it might be broken up and everything good again?

If she doesn't throw up is that bad? Also what's it supposed to feel, I did it and it went from feeling like a golf ball to a slightly firm bean bag

about few days ago painfully we had to put to sleep one of our hen .apparently she had contracted peritonitis. we got to a stage the vet said too late to give her further antibiotics , she was infected so bad. apart from this illness what kind of situation make a chicken all of a sudden to lay inside her body and become infected

Sadly, I found this video a day too late but am glad for the education as we still have 3 chooks and 3 ducks - all new for a city girl now living in the countryside! We discovered our favourite chook "Joséphine" very unwell when we returned late afternoon (of course it was a pubic holiday - no vets) I was distraught and nursed her until bed time not knowing what to do, sadly she was gone by the morning (we had a heat wave so I tried to give her a little water with a feeder/syringe thinking she could be dehydrated). The vet the next day did an autopsy and said her stomach was full of lettuce maybe 3 days worth but otherwise very healthy. We had recently got 3 young ducks and she was extremely jealous - she attacked us when we came out with scraps and we thought she may kill one of the ducks (she really was the favourite). We believe she ate the share of all 4 chooks and the 3 ducks worth of scraps and also neglected her grain!! (as the vet said, there was no evidence of any grain in her stomach). I am so heartbroken and also feel so guilty for not being more knowledgeable with feeding and first aid but grateful for the education and your post.

Should I do the same for a chick? She's just a week or so old & I can feel a small knot inside her distended crop. (This is my first time with chickens)

Thank you!!!! This was a huge help!!!

Any suggestions on how to handle this situation with a 2/3 week old chick? Eating, drinking, pooping and pretty active but seems to have a hard marble size crop impaction for days

It’s not that easy.

I’ve rescued some battery hens and they’re my first time keeping hens. One was taken by a fox which I was saddened by and then on Friday my favourite hen was ill so I called the vet but they asked to call me back but unfortunately in the time I waited for their return call she died. I’m now angry with myself. I read ALL sorts of different possible causes and thought she could have been egg bound so made a bath to soak her back end, she was a little livelier but eventually she died.

Thank you.

After this method my chicken is soon weak..what should I feed him

Thank you so much. This has totally sorted my hen she wasn’t moving, eating or drinking. Noticed her crop was bloated after watching this. x

My poor Hen has a blocked crop I’m sure. I’m going to try this. God I hope I do it right, I would be devestated if I hurt her. But I think she will die if I don’t go anything

Would a full crop cause the chicken have mucus in mouth? And trying peck at their chest?

Should the crop feel hard at he end of the day?

Your video absolutely saved our little Lucy's life. We were about to put her down. Out of desperation I came here to YT and did a search for her symptoms. We found this video, performed the steps, and within 3 hours our little girl was back to her old self again - literally - you saved her life. Thank you so much!

Merry Christmas!

One of my hens has a large crop and it feels like a water balloon, I don't feel anything hard. She has been kinda laying around for a good bit of the day. Is this what's going on with her or would it be something else?

Very good video,love the way you are with the chicken.I’m new to the whole chicken thing so have subscribed 😊🐔

Thank you , you saved my maantoo