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I never remove crop contents by forcing a chicken to vomit. It can easily cause them to aspirate. Removing the contents alone will not cure her. You need to kill the yeast overgrowth. You can try miconazole suppositories fed orally to her. 1/4 suppository a day for 7 to 10 days. Or you can isolate her and give her acidified copper sulfate solution for her drinking water and use it to make a mash of her food. She would have to take the ACS water for 5 to 7 days.
 
DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
I never remove crop contents by forcing a chicken to vomit. It can easily cause them to aspirate. Removing the contents alone will not cure her. You need to kill the yeast overgrowth. You can try miconazole suppositories fed orally to her. 1/4 suppository a day for 7 to 10 days. Or you can isolate her and give her acidified copper sulfate solution for her drinking water and use it to make a mash of her food. She would have to take the ACS water for 5 to 7 days.
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Agreed.
I use Monistat. I put a dollop on my finger and they eat it.
 
DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
I never remove crop contents by forcing a chicken to vomit. It can easily cause them to aspirate. Removing the contents alone will not cure her. You need to kill the yeast overgrowth. You can try miconazole suppositories fed orally to her. 1/4 suppository a day for 7 to 10 days. Or you can isolate her and give her acidified copper sulfate solution for her drinking water and use it to make a mash of her food. She would have to take the ACS water for 5 to 7 days.
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I didn't want to. I wanted to wait until a vet could see her, but as usual with these things we discovered it on a Sunday, and it got very bad at round 11:00 pm on Sunday evening. When I could hear her gasping and choking, and I could hear her crop pressure gurgling from another room, I decided I needed to take action. They don't come with a manual and this is the first time I've run into this. I spent most of the day just trying to figure out what the problem was. I didn't know "sour crop" was a thing, and it wasn't until we realized she was gurgling and it was super loud that my google-fu lead me to the truth.

Anywho, since the purge she's been on a diet of plain greek yogurt and scrambled eggs. I've been occasionally sprinkling some probiotic "flock fixer" powder on her eggs and she's eating that, which has potassium chloride, sodium chloride, oregano oil, vitamins, and pre and probiotics.

I spoke to a vet the next morning and I had already bought monistat 7 but she told me not to administer that yet. She came out to my house and looked at the chicken and told me, quote, "Keep doing what you're doing."

So that's what I'm doing.

Thanks for welcoming me to the forum everyone!
 
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow

So sorry your girl is struggling. I have found Acidified Copper Sulfate knocks out sour crops. ONLY use copper sulfate approved for poultry and feed supplements. Twin Cities Poultry carries it here... https://www.twincitypoultrysupplies.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=340

Get an empty 1 gallon jug, mix in 1/4 teaspoon of the copper, add 1 tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar to cut the bitter taste. Use this mix for 7-10 days, she can drink nothing else. Sometimes you have to get the started on it, I drizzle a bit of it in the mouth so they aren't afraid to taste it. Pour a new bit from this jug daily. After she can go 2 or 3 days with an empty crop (and you can only check a crop for emptiness first thing in the morning,) then you can stop using it. Don't go past 10 days however. Use probiotics for 1 week daily after the treatment is done.
 

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