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I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE ARTICLE IN THE POULTRY MAGAZINE THIS MONTH ABOUT PASTA. :shock: I HAVE BEEN GIVING MY CHICKENS PASTA AS A TREAT ON A REGULAR BASIS NOT REALIZING THE HARM I HAVE BEEN DOING. I HAVE LOST HENS WITH CROP/INTERNAL PROBLEMS LOTS OF TIMES AND I AM NOW THINKING IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE GIVEN THEM TOO MUCH PASTA AND RICE. I HAVE NOW CUT OUT ALL PASTA/RICE AND GONE BACK TO JUST FEEDING THEM LAYERS PELLETS AND THE OCCASIONAL MIXED CORN. THEY HAVE WET WARM LAYERS MASH IN THE MORNING WITH A SPRINKLE OF PORRIDGE OATS. THEY ARE NOT PLEASED AND I CANT EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING PUNISHED!!!! :( BUT I CAN NOT BEAR TO LOSE ANOTHER PRECIOUS CHICKEN. I HAVE ONE LIVING IN THE UTILITY ROOM AT THE MOMENT THAT IMPACTION OF THE CROP. SHE HAS BEEN TO THE VETS AND HE HAS INJECTED HER WITH WORMING AND A LONG LASTING ANTIBIOTIC. BUT I AM AFRAID SHE WILL NOT MAKE IT. I AM GIVING HER LIQUID PARAFIN 2 TIMES DAILY AND MASSAGING HER CROP BUT SHE HAS NOT IMPROVED. HER DROPPING HOWEVER ARE NOW A GOOD COLOUR (NOT YELLOW AS THEY WERE) BUT SHE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE IMPROVING. I AM FEEDING HER ON FISH CATFOOD AND WET MASH, WHICH SHE IS TRYING, BUT HER CROP DOES NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING SMALLER. SHE JUST SITS THERE HUNCHED UP. SHE 'TALKS' TO ME EVERY TIME I GO IN THERE - SO I DONT WANT TO DO ANYTHING DRASTIC JUST YET. BUT I FEEL I AM ON A LOSING BATTLE. IS IT MY FAULT????? :-)08
 
I give my girls a pasta treat now and again, and never had any problems. So sorry you have an ill bird at the moment, lets hope she pulls through.
 
i have given my girls pasta and rice on a regular basis and i have never had any probs although neither food is meant to be feed on a daily basis just as a treat once a week or so . if she has an impacted crop then it will need removing surigcally which isnt nice and from what i can tell the birds very rarely make it though the sedation you can deal with it yourself if you know for sure thats what they have wrong with them . have you wormed them with flubenvet its a powder that can get mixed in with thier food ??
 
Hi, yes I worm them regularly - the vet also gave her a worming injection and a long lasting antibiotic.He gave me a solution for coccidious to give her too. She is eating little and the crop is still 'spongy' her droppings are now very watery and runny. The vet said it could be a tumour or internal problem but didnt really know what was wrong. She is still bright and talking to me when I go in the utility room. She has had a little cat food and she did try the porridge I put down for her. But I am not very hopefull. I have never dispatched a hen before so I would not like to try. I cannot get to the vet today as we live in the country and the snow is bad. I shall have to see if she improves. Poor girl - I only got her from the RSPCA 2 weeks ago. She came with another one who died shortly after I had them. They both had mucky bottoms, but the RSPCA said that is how they came in to them. Apparently they were being fed on cake!! So I thought that was the problem - they had not had proper pellets/corn etc. :-)08
 
sounds like they could have bad internal probelms which wont be known unless you have a post mortem done if the birds dies and they can be pricey , birds will suffer a lot with kidney probelms an tumours which you dont know about tell its to late also it may be that they are old birds but to me it seems more of thier poor diet in the past that has just made them ill good luck though and i hope she makes it .
 
Hi gosnell, sorry to hear that you have a poorly hen, and the snow is causing chaos all over :-)06

I am wondering, does her breath smell a bit off? this combined with squashy/swollen crop would indicate a sour crop which may have been caused by an undelying health problem.

What type of hen is she? If she is an older hen, then I would not bother with the cat food, too much protein that she doesn't need, besides there could be an underlying kidney problem. Warm layers mash, and a little mixed corn will be fine, you could try mixing a little probiotic non-diary if possible, one designed for animals.
 
Thanks for the tip - I will try that - she does seem to have improved a bit :) - she is eating more and I have stopped the cat food. She is eating warm mash, with peas and corn. I dont think she has sour crop as she has no smelly breath - that was one of the first things I checked. Her crop is still enlarged but not so 'doughy' so fingers crossed. She is exbattery hen - so she not a young girl.
 
depending on how long you have had your ex batts are not normally that old when we rescue them i cant quite reember how young they are but the farmers do get rid of them at a early age .i have ex batts that must be coming on 3 easily and they are all doing well and laying { except with this cold weather } and i cant seem to get it though to people that there isnt many eggs so stop asking for them :evil:
 
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