I Could Use Some Direction for Sour Crop

Adolph Otto

Songster
May 2, 2022
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My hen has sour crop again after recovering 2 weeks ago. This time much more stubborn. She would puke whenever I picked her up. I've had her separated since Friday (this will be day 6). Still not empty this morning, although significantly smaller than when first noticed. Water balloon texture. Treating w/Monistat. She resists direct oral application pretty vehemently, so I've been mixing it in scrambled egg or wet feed.
I threw out most of a bag of feed (Kalmbach layer crumble) because it was what she was eating prior to both instances. I noticed there were some clumps in it. Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
 
Thank you. An interesting thing happened with this girl. She is a nearly 3 year old English Orp. She is my least productive layer, about 2-3 eggs/week.
However, she was attacked by a coyote this passed summer, and pretty severely injured. The dog ripped all her tail feathers out and left a gaping wound; so bad that I could see her guts and expected to lose her. But I treated her and she recovered and started laying every day!
This lasted a couple of weeks until she began a molt and stopped laying until just recently (I supplement light).
So I have a hunch something went awry with her reproduction system from the attack.
Thanks for the alert!
Stephen
 
Let us know how she gets along. I have had no success treating birds who go down this road. Once the crop becomes sour, it is a real challenge to treat. Some use acidified copper sulfate 1/4 tsp per gallon of water for 3-5 days, if other conventional treatments have failed. Use a plastic container, not a galvanized or metal drinker. You can get it here among other places:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/acidified_copper_sulfate.html
 
Let us know how she gets along. I have had no success treating birds who go down this road. Once the crop becomes sour, it is a real challenge to treat. Some use acidified copper sulfate 1/4 tsp per gallon of water for 3-5 days, if other conventional treatments have failed. Use a plastic container, not a galvanized or metal drinker. You can get it here among other places:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/acidified_copper_sulfate.html
OK. By "no success," do you mean it'll kill her eventually? And thanks for that link.
 

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