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I have a 1 year old boy named Doodle, and he is wonderful. Part silkie and ???. Then one of my hens started brooding and I got 4 eggs for her to sit on. Then she died from sour croup. So I put them in an incubator and hatched out 2 of the 4. The others were not viable. Both turned out to be...

My name is Christine, I live in a small rural area in mid Nova Scotia. I currently have 5 chickens, one being a rooster named Doodle. Ruby, one of my pullets started brooding at 6 months of age, so she was given 4 fertilized eggs to sit on. She did very well until she got Sour Crop. That was...

My little hen has sour crop and I have tried everything. She started to do the head roll on Saturday and now on Thursday still has it. I have given her mineral oil in a syringe and it did not really make a difference. The Monistat pills are not available here in Canada anymore. Just the ovule...