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Coconut oil for sour crop??
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<blockquote data-quote="Wyorp Rock" data-source="post: 25928519" data-attributes="member: 380647"><p>Feed her frozen chunks of the coconut oil. </p><p>Mine usually love the taste of it. </p><p>I would not give bread if the crop is impacted, it would likely make the crop more doughy. </p><p>Do let her eat her normal feed or wet feed. </p><p></p><p>Impacted crop is when birds eat long strands of grass, hay, etc. and it gets bunched up and can't pass through the gizzard. </p><p></p><p>Provide adequate grit (crushed granite) free choice, not in the feed. </p><p></p><p>There's plenty of folks that give grass, dandelion, greens, etc. to chick(en)s and don't have any issues. If giving cut grass, provide it chopped or in short pieces. Greens, I either chop them finely or provide whole leaf so they have to nip pieces off. The problem most of the time is binding of long strands of material. </p><p>For chicks, provide chick grit (crushed granite). A pan of dirt from where they will be living is a good idea so they can become used to the pathogens found in the soil on which they will live. But I do recommend that you sprinkle some grit in the dirt. </p><p>And yes, as young as a week or less. Mama hens will take them off the nest about a day after hatch and begin foraging if they have the opportunity, so chicks learn to <u>nip</u> pieces of grass/greens, etc. The biggest problem is giving cut material that the bird just eats it whole, so it needs to be cut up more finely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wyorp Rock, post: 25928519, member: 380647"] Feed her frozen chunks of the coconut oil. Mine usually love the taste of it. I would not give bread if the crop is impacted, it would likely make the crop more doughy. Do let her eat her normal feed or wet feed. Impacted crop is when birds eat long strands of grass, hay, etc. and it gets bunched up and can't pass through the gizzard. Provide adequate grit (crushed granite) free choice, not in the feed. There's plenty of folks that give grass, dandelion, greens, etc. to chick(en)s and don't have any issues. If giving cut grass, provide it chopped or in short pieces. Greens, I either chop them finely or provide whole leaf so they have to nip pieces off. The problem most of the time is binding of long strands of material. For chicks, provide chick grit (crushed granite). A pan of dirt from where they will be living is a good idea so they can become used to the pathogens found in the soil on which they will live. But I do recommend that you sprinkle some grit in the dirt. And yes, as young as a week or less. Mama hens will take them off the nest about a day after hatch and begin foraging if they have the opportunity, so chicks learn to [U]nip[/U] pieces of grass/greens, etc. The biggest problem is giving cut material that the bird just eats it whole, so it needs to be cut up more finely. [/QUOTE]
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