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joanna



Joined: 17 Sep 2008
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Location: Cheshire
PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:07 pm    Post subject: Question about maran chick Reply with quote
I have 2 maran chicks just over 3 weeks old, yesterday I noticed one is stretching out her neck and opening her beak at the same time, and repeating this.

I've opened the beak and looked inside but cant see anything visible. Still active etc.

Could there be something stuck further down? Or another problem? I dont want to prod too much as still small.

Any advice appreciated

Thanks Jo
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Kitsune



Joined: 13 Mar 2008
Posts: 1410
Location: Manchester
PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi there,

I also worried about this when I first got chicks, what they are doing is moving food from the crop to the gizzard, the stretching and gaping seems to be more obvious in some chicks than others but they do all do it from time to time, and it's nothing to worry about Smile
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joanna



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Location: Cheshire
PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you! Shall stop worrying now Smile
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Kitsune



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
if she is doing it repeatedly say more than twice at once I'd be a little worried that she might have something stuck in her crop, but if she's otherwise happy and healthy I wouldn't worry too much
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joanna



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
She's doing this most of time and still the same today.

Can anyone recomend something to dislodge whatevers stuck?
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Kitsune



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
a little vegetable oil massaged into her crop could help - is there any chance she's got into something like string or fibres that could have caused a problem?
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joanna



Joined: 17 Sep 2008
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi, no chance of string etc.

Do you mean rub veg oil on the outsie of the chicks crop area or sringe a little and then massage?
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