Show regularity in feeding helps prevent t ailments chickens are to two disturbances of the crop crop bound and pendulous crop pendulous crop is usually due to of the digestive tract which causes disten slon of the crop with gas na or liquid food crop bound Is caused by an obstruction st of the crop from eating long wilted grass gorging on grain or a clogging clo aging of tile lower opening 0 of the crop in either case it Is important to clear tho crop this may be done in the crop bound bird by making the bird swallow a dose of oil lind and after working the crop gently gentle io to loosen the mass suspend the bird by the feet dont hold them tightly together and removing rem wing the mass froni from ehfe mouth several spoonfuls of warm water with a little soda in it will help keep the bird without food for a day then feed sparingly on soft easily digested foods or give raw eggs in milk larity in feeding will help prevent crop hound bound cases |