sour crop treatment

  1. T

    Sour Crop Aspirated - What do I do?

    Hi everyone, My 4-5yr old Bantam hen, Cricket, has been poorly for a couple of weeks. She'd be lethargic and not interested in food, then a couple of hours later be back to normal. I went out to feed her flock yesterday, and she was barely moving, and kept coughing/sneezing. I put her straight...
  2. emily_snow707

    Does anybody know how to cure Sour Crop?

    I have this one chick that was born 7 weeks ago. She got sour crop but I didn’t know what it was at the time. I did some research and separated her but I kept finding a bunch of different things that could cure it and I don’t know what way is the best and safest for my chick. I don’t want to...
  3. qwigoqwaga

    Sour Crop Question

    Would it be bad to introduce multiple different treatments at once for sour crop? One of our chickens had a crop blockage last year and eventually recovered after expensive vet treatment and multiple times a day of massages and medication and I think she came out of it with a slow crop...
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    HELP! SUSPECTED SOUR CROP!

    HELP! SUSPECTED SOUR CROP! I suspect sour crop in two of my chickens and I don’t know what to do. They’re crops look larger than normal and feel jiggly and squishy, not hard. One of my chickens crops went down after a couple hours and the other hasn’t. I know sour crop should be treated...
  5. Barredrocker99

    Sour crop

    Hello all! I hope all your feathery friends and yourselves are having a lovely day! I have an EE(Gurdy... ironic!) who I believe has sour crop. She’s always been very friendly, so when she came up to me yesterday and I picked her up, nothing seemed out of the norm. That is until a very sour...
  6. 2467

    Sour crop low stress treatment

    My hen has shown signs of sour crop. I chose to treat her a little unconventional. I made some yogurt in my instant pot . I mixed the yogurt with a good helping of ACV with the “mother” (purchased at Dollar Tree...who knew!) and lightly cooked some scrambled eggs in a good dose of olive oil...
  7. Lala425

    Help!! My chicken has sour crop!

    Hello everyone, I have a two year old chicken who is suffering from sour crop. I have been reading all of the suggestion and feel like I have tried everything. I'm not sure what to do next. I noticed my hen had a weird crop spasm one night when I was putting them to bed, so I took her in and...
  8. B

    Slow/Sour crop

    I have an ISA Brown hen-almost 3 years old. Brought inside a few weeks ago with unknown issue- has recovered well with some tlc until now. Believe she has a very slow/sour crop-it is very large and very squishy. She had fluid coming out of her beak when I put her on her side for a few minutes to...
  9. Three Musketeers

    HOW TO TREAT SOUR CROP - (SEEMINGLY EFFECTIVE - UPDATED)

    Updated: March, 17th 2021. Hi all, This is my first post on this forum, so hopefully I am posting this in the right section. *DISCLAIMER [1]: I'd like to start off by stating that it is always best to go to a veterinarian - specifically one specialized in poultry if possible. I am currently...
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  11. Lacy Duckwing

    Sour Crop

    I think Jewels my Speckled Sussex has Sour Crop. This is what's been going on with her: Extremely liquidy poop (which stinks really bad), extreme thirst, she will just randomly twitches her head to one side like she's chocking but she's not, she'll randomly puke liquid and drink it back up, she...
  12. E

    What should a chicken’s breath smell like?

    Hi all! Just a bit nervous about sour crop. My girl Chichi was sitting on my leg when she adjusted her crop, like when they do that big “yawn.” I smelt a quick whiff of something sour, but then while holding her and trying to sniff her breath I smelt nothing. Her crop also doesn’t feel full but...
  13. Inkisevidence

    Impacted or sour crop?

    I'm back with another unhealthy chicken. I have never worked with sour or impacted crop, but my chicken has one of the two. Today I noticed her standing with her eyes closed by the waterer constantly drinking and swallowing compulsively. I tossed out meal worms and she didn't even run over. She...
  14. M

    Please help I’m scared my ducks have sour crop

    I’m really scared that my 6 week old ducks have sour crop. Their breath does smell foul, their excretions are runny, they don’t seem to have the appetite they once had, and their chests are squishy. I feed them a chick starter food and I think I over feed them veggies (without enough grit). I...
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    Sour crop and poop issues

    Hi everyone, My sweet hen Penny has an ongoing sour crop but recently started having unusual poops. I was very worried about her because she wasn’t preening, eating or drinking water and her crop was really bloated. She ended up having a very unusual poop (see pictures). I have never seen...
  16. Saaniya

    Copper Sulfate Dose for 1 chicken

    Hello I wanted to ask the dose of copper sulfate dose for 1 chicken about 2 to 2.5 kg . Vet suggested two brands I'm confused to buy Can someone suggested which one is preferably good • 1st is Copper Formula (Acidified Copper Sulfate) •Amino Acids With Copper Sulfate
  17. Gabriel06

    Three month old Buff Orpington with sour crop.

    Hello, my girlfriend's chicken, a three month old Buff Orpington, has what we believe to be sour crop. This is the second day of her showing symptoms (lethargy, not eating and barely drinking, swollen crop). We have been trying to feed it Greek yogurt, but she just refuses to eat it no matter...
  18. didirt

    Mushy Crop - Sour crop? How to dissolve whats left in the crop - she won't vomit.

    I have a chicken that started to throw up - which never had happened before... we got through that, but she still has a 'mushy crop'. I have watched a ton of videos on how to vomit them - which I have tried multiple time, but whatever is in there won't come up. She is off feed and has water...
  19. Lushlylex

    Is it a normal bulge or sour crop?

    My baby silkie chick has a pretty large crop bulge when I picked her up tonight. She’s pooping normally and has a normal appetite, but she shakes her head/twitches every now and again. I’m not sure if that’s normal or if I should be worried about sour crop. She’s about 2 weeks old, give or take...
  20. DatCrazyChickenLady

    EMERGENCY! Hen has BAD sour crop!

    Hello! I am in a bit of a tough situation. My hen was attacked by my dog, and has developed sour crop. I’m not sure if it developed before or after the attack. I am trying to research how to test it but there are so many different treatments I don’t know which one is best to use! I’m very...
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