if you find a chook susceptible to getting an impacted crop, check them often; the quicker you catch it, the quicker you will be able to resolve. once crop is cleared, feed caged chook to make sure all is back to normal input & output. You will know w

Impacted crop If the crop is extremely full and hard, or perhaps lumpy, and maybe feels like it's full of fibrous material, you are probably looking at impacted crop. If the chicken has been drinking lots of water, yet not eating anything, this is fur

How to Recognize Sour Crop & Impacted Crop. Chickens will normally have an empty crop first thing in the morning. Allow them free choice feed during the day, but remove any excess food at night. This way it is much easier to tell if they have an impac