Loved this article. Soo well done! One question I have through is what is the "crop drain"? The grains and food I feel in my chicken's crop, do they need to be placed in like a corner of the crop, near the "crop drain"? Like how will the massaging get rid of the food in her crop?
Thank you!!
My hen suddenly had a crop full of fluid. I made the mistake of following the inversion advice and inverted her 3 times over 24 hours. Each time making her weaker and weaker. I took her to the UGA ER, which is costly just to be told to euthanize or an expense workup and CT scan. Not sure why they can’t to a simple X-ray to see what’s what inside. There are no exotic vets in my area can you believe that? I asked if I could take her home. They agreed. Said they’d give her fluids and send me with antibiotics. She’s been pretty sick before and has pulled through. But this might be the worst. Her comb color is still good. I’m will to do whatever. Can some one help me?
Thanks for this. It was very helpful and I tried helping my hen who had sour crop with miconazole. But she had a reproductive issue and died anyway. It's still something to keep in mind.
Also I had a turkey who had problems with pendulous crop. She wore a crop bra for a while, but it never seemed to pull it tight enough. We decided to cull her in the end because her crop was always so full and she was a BBW, a bird destined for the table anyway. In all honesty we probably should've done it sooner because of the nature of that breed, but that was in the beginning of my poultry keeping experience.
Maybe I missed this in the readin, but if she has a sour crop, should I try to empty it first? When I gave her coconut oil she immediately “threw it up” or overflowed as you said so I think it’s pretty full.
Great article, @azygous, thanks! I have bookmarked it/saved to my favorites so I can access it again quickly if/when I ever need it. Thanks so much to you and the other BYC experts who are so willing to share your knowledge, experience and expertise with newbies, rank beginners, and folks like me, who have had chickens for years but have been bumbling our way around in a fog of ignorance because we just didn't know what we didn't know! Our chickens thank you!
A good description and treatment options for the two main crop issues sour crop and impacted crop. Also has good treatment options and a follow up with pendulous crop treatment if your hen repeatedly has these issues.
I've read articles for weeks and nothing simplified this crop issue I'm having with my hen until now!! Thank you!
Shes quarentined until tommorow and I'll know soon if she needs a bra or just yeast treatment.
