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Here’s part one and part two as I again, am too lazy to write all that down here.
So, Velvet had her checkup today with our normal Poultry Veterinarian and the news is both good and bad.
Bad news, Velvet doesn’t have impacted crop, or crop stasis, she instead has something wrong with her GI system, what exactly? We don’t know. It could be a number of things. Her crop never went back to normal and continues to fluctuate in size, which means it’s emptying, just somethings prohibiting it from emptying correctly. It would take a lot of tests to figure out exactly what it is and then treat, which costs a LOT of money for a chicken. We really just don’t have the funds to put possibly 1,000’s of dollars into that kind of thing (mind you we’ve already spent a lot for her three medication’s for her emergency visit).
Which brings me to the good news. She can still continue to live comfortably as she is. She eats, drinks, has tons of energy, etc… It’s just that unfortunately she’s not expected to live for as long as other chickens. It’s bittersweet but we shall give her all the love and treats for the remaining months/years we have with her.

On a lighter note, it was hilarious for our poultry vet to meet Velvet and see for herself how “spunky” she actually is. The emergency vet actually put in their notes that Velvet was very feisty during her visit with them.
So, Velvet had her checkup today with our normal Poultry Veterinarian and the news is both good and bad.
Bad news, Velvet doesn’t have impacted crop, or crop stasis, she instead has something wrong with her GI system, what exactly? We don’t know. It could be a number of things. Her crop never went back to normal and continues to fluctuate in size, which means it’s emptying, just somethings prohibiting it from emptying correctly. It would take a lot of tests to figure out exactly what it is and then treat, which costs a LOT of money for a chicken. We really just don’t have the funds to put possibly 1,000’s of dollars into that kind of thing (mind you we’ve already spent a lot for her three medication’s for her emergency visit).
Which brings me to the good news. She can still continue to live comfortably as she is. She eats, drinks, has tons of energy, etc… It’s just that unfortunately she’s not expected to live for as long as other chickens. It’s bittersweet but we shall give her all the love and treats for the remaining months/years we have with her.
On a lighter note, it was hilarious for our poultry vet to meet Velvet and see for herself how “spunky” she actually is. The emergency vet actually put in their notes that Velvet was very feisty during her visit with them.