sour crop treatment

  1. Bethemma

    Chicken with sour crop. Can't get to vets today. Please help!!

    I have an ex batter chicken, Frida (2yrs old, 1.94kg). Over the last few days she seemed a bit under the weather and today she is not right at all. Not eating and very droopy and not moving around. I have felt her crop and it is very large and squishy so I think it is sour crop. I cannot get her...
  2. E

    Sour crop treatment?

    I have a pullet with sour crop from what I can tell. Her crop has been squishy and full the last few days and she was doing a weird neck jerking movement. I separated her and have forced her to vomit some of the fluid up once yesterday and once today. Also giving her ACV water and then some...
  3. H

    Going on 2nd day of lethargic hen, extended crop and closed eyes!

    Looking for advice for my sweet Hen. I discovered her on Tuesday afternoon covered with ants and nestled down in the corner of her run. I immediately brought her indoors and cleaned her. She smelled bad so I felt around and found that her crop was full. She was awake and acting a little off but...
  4. Swampgal

    Treating sour crop and worms, will this strategy work....?

    Tick tock, how long can a 5 year old hen go without drinking? Thanks to BYC forums advice, am treating her with a syringe of Miconazole 3 ( off label use of anti fungal) and yogurt twice daily, plus apple cider vinegar in her water. But she doesn’t seem to be drinking, and this is day 4 in...
  5. Alexandria_t

    Help! Sour Crop/ Impacted Crop 8 week old pullet

    8 week old pullet with sour crop/ impacted crop. I just separated her, I brought her inside. I’m planning on doing 12 hours no water and 24 hours no food. Is there anything else I should do? This is my first time dealing with this. Thank you! Update : I just gave her water with Sav-a-chick...
  6. B

    Sour Crop

    Hey Everyone, I seem to have bad luck with my hens. Once again, I need this amazing community to help me save one of my girls. Jenny is 1 1/2 old and has some troubling symptoms. I'm sure she has sour crop as her crop is swollen and feels like a water balloon. Its warm to the touch and...
  7. SpringbankFamilyFarm

    Impacted/sour crop i think?

    Hi everyone...i bought 3 Lavender Pekins from my local market a couple of weeks ago and 2 are perfectly fine, but my littlest one isnt. I thought it was sour crop originally as when i went to pick her up, a creamy liquid came out of her mouth and i held her upside down for a few seconds until it...
  8. geowoman

    6yo Barred Rock with sour crop?

    Hi there - I found my favorite girl, Dottie, lethargic this morning and making a snoring sound. The sound eventually stopped by mid-day but the lethargy continued. She has not eaten anything today but had a lot of water before heading in and going to bed tonight. (She got up and roosted with her...
  9. AnotherCrazyChickenLady

    Paralyzed chicken cured

    One morning my pet bantam girl Tink was dragging her wing but I did not see any injury. On day two she was having difficulty walking and by day three she could not walk and had use of one wing. She was eating and drinking with no issues other than she appeared to be paralyzed. I brought her...
  10. N

    Sick chicken! Maybe sour crop? EMERGENCY!!

    We have 3 Isa Brown hens that are about 3.5 years old now (we lost one last Christmas to a mysterious illness). Last night, one of the girls, Kiev, was standing in a bush looking disoriented when the other two were going to bed. I was only slightly concerned so I just picked her up and put her...
  11. Carolrich

    Slow or Sour Crop

    Hello friends! My sweet little 2 1/2 year old hen, Greta, has a watery squishy crop. We first saw this yesterday evening. She is lethargic and her crown is droopy. I picked her up to take her to our isolation pen and brownish but clear liquid started coming out of her beak. I tilted her head...
  12. Treating Candida (yeast) with Medistatin (Nystatin) - under construction

    Treating Candida (yeast) with Medistatin (Nystatin) - under construction

    Nystatin can be used to treat some strains of candida in poultry. According to most veterinary formularies and references, the most common Nystatin dose is 200,000 to 300,000 IU/kg two or three times a day. Lafeber vet recommends 300,000 IU 2-3 times a day, so that is what I will base my...
  13. aprilbos

    Appears urgent gave her monistat - balloon crop, eating & drinking ok.

    UPDATE 7/2 gave her monistat: I checked on her a few times last night she was standing sleeping, quiet. This morning still full (super full) and looked frantic for food. I gave her 3/4 scrambled egg mixed with 2cc of monistat 7 along with a 1/2 tsp yogurt (familiar flavor). i'll give this to...
  14. bonniepm

    "Nystatin & Trimcinolone Acetonine Cream" for sour crop?

    Hi, Our 5-yr old Ameraucana has had sour crop for some time now. We have tried massaging her crop, emptying her and keeping her put up, but she just goes back out & tanks back up again. It's so bad that the feathers have rubbed off of the bottom of her belly and it's getting sore. We have...
  15. SeaChickens

    The right treatment for sour crop?

    My 3-year old hen, Dottie, has a big squishy crop. On Tuesday I started her on miconazole 3-day yeast treatment (cut the suppository in thirds and gave her a third 2 x a day) after seeing it recommended on BYC. That first day when I gave it to her I could see the liquid in her throat, there...
  16. Sour Crop Treatment Naturally & Medically

    Sour Crop Treatment Naturally & Medically

    Sour Crop Thrush, Yeast Infection, Moniliasis Sour crop, a common name for candidiasis or candida. Candida is a crop yeast Bacteria There are several different species of Candida that can cause infection in chickens, but the common is C. albicans. Candida species are a normal part of a...
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