Guinea Fowl chick is not well

Hello all,

I have a sick guinea fowl keet three or four months old which has eaten something large and angular. He/she has its head scrunched down into its neck with all its neck feathers ruffled out and looking unwell, occasionally swinging its head from side to side with its mouth open like it was uncomfortable. After much chasing around the chook yard I finally caught it and I could feel something in its crop that is large, firm and angular, maybe a gravel rock or something. I wonder how it was swallowed in the first place. The other keets are doing well and there are no problems with the roosters and hens either.

Can I remove something from the crop or will it have to pass of its own accord? I gave it a small dose of olive oil but let it back out in the yard as it was stressing so much by itself. It drinks and eats a little but is still unhappy. The vet is not an option - none available.

Thanks
Ginny
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