Reviews by Kglassmo

Thank you for posting this great info on treating sour/impacted crop. I will try the yeast medicine next. I’m treating an elderly Cochin hen for severe vitamin E deficiency. As a long time chicken parent, I wanted to add that sometimes sour/ pendulous crop occurs due to vitamin E deficiency. I am retired microbiologist; I learned about this deficiency while working as a research scientist (specifically poultry). When chicks inherit vitamin E deficiency from parent stock they hatch out lethargic, have difficulty learning to drink or eat on their own, and may have seizures due to encephalopathy, or swelling in the brain. Brain damage can occur if not caught; If caught quickly chicks can be treated orally w/ vitamin/probiotic solution for at least 3 weeks, 6 times per day. Many poultry vitamins exist out there for preparation of oral solutions for chicks. It’s a life long issue though. Broccoli and sunflower seeds are great sources of vit E for chickens to be proactive.
For deficient adult hens- one or two vit E capsules (meant for humans) may be cut open and mixed w/2 tbs warm water + 1 tsp olive oil to turn into an oral solution. (max 900IU per daily dose). Administer using oral syringe. For use as suppository, cut 1 capsule open and insert open end into cloaca to release liquid Vit E if hen is unable to swallow due to bloated crop, to encourage absorption through GI tract. Scrambled eggs contain selenium which help w/absorption of vit E, so I also cook up eggs from younger sisters and mix vit E into that meal. Good luck to all keeping those old hens going!