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I am glad your hen is doing so well!

For the next 12 hours only give her water with raw apple cifer vinegar added and massage the crop periodically to see if you can get things moving. When massaging do not push the crop upwards. You don't want this yuck coming back up in her beak. She could asperate and it be fatal. (The apple...

Quote: That is the doseage I use for everyday maintanence of healthy chicks. For health issues I use the tbsp doseage and the 1/4 tsp in a syringe of water.

I hope both chickens are able to make a full recovery. Glad to help people when I can.

While yogurt is very good probiotics for chicken when they have a sour crop it isn't good for them right off in the beginning of treatment. The crop is sour because things stuck in there have begun to ferment and there is unhealthy bacteria, fungus and yeast growing in the materials stuck in...

Oh - the apple cider vinegar - If you mix the ACV in their water and they don't have a choice to drink anything else they will begin to drink the ACV water.

If you are giving soft foods and lots of liquid you don't need grit right away. Grit is for grinding as things pass through the gizzard. If the foods are the consistancy of yogurt and mush there is nothing to grind in the gizzard.

Sounds like a sour and impacted crop. I would suggest moving her to a dark place with limited bedding so she can't eat any straw or hay, etc. For the next 12 hours only give her water with raw apple cifer vinegar added and massage the crop periodically to see if you can get things moving. When...