Hi,
I had the same problem with one of my RIR biddies when she was about 3 weeks old. I even took her to the vet but he's not an Avian vet. What I did was soaked some bread in warm olive oil (you can also use mineral oil) & let her eat only that for a day or so. You have to massage her crop every few hours if possible. Then in a day or so add a little ration. Again what I did was put the ration in a coffee grinder & made it extra fine. Add a little warm olive oil to it & give it to her, at the same time have available the bread soaked in warm olive oil. ONLY give very small portions of the ration. You can either have warm water for her or actually use an eye dropper & drop some down her mouth. Do this every time you massage her crop & at feeding time. I hope it works for you as well as it did for me.
Suzi
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> > I just put Ethel, my barred rock, to bed a little while ago and noticed
> that her crop or chest area seemed to be bulging out to one side. I picked
> her up and massaged it a bit and that seemed to help but I'm still worried.
> Any advise on how to diagnose/treat crop binding?
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> if her crop hasn't emptied when she wakes up, you can give some yoghurt
> with mineral oil or olive oil for her to eat, then massage again and keep a
> close eye on her to see if the crop empties. Hopefully she just pigged out
> before going to bed, mine often have a huge crop before they go to sleep
> but it's all gone by morning.
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> Marlene
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