Sour Crop CURED with Monistat

[JakRat]

So I am trying the 7 day cream to see how that goes. She takes liquids better than solids so I will report back with how it goes.

 

[Country4ever]

How courageous of you! I'm going to write this down. I had a hen who had a huge water-balloon crop and she didn't make it. I think I'll try this the next time I see one of the girls with a problem. Good for you for being brave! I have a friend who said "How do you know so much about chickens?" And its because of forums like this who share and teach. Its great!

 

[Country4ever]

P.S. Did you just put the 1/3 piece of suppository down her throat or did you mix it in with the tube feeding?

 

[kmenchicks]

I put the piece down her throat. When she fights me two much I break the piece in half and put them in one at a time. It's much easier to do with two people, but with my husband's work schedule that's not possible.

 

[JakRat]

I sucked up the cream in a syringe then sucked up some water and shook it a bit. It went down really well. The only problem with this is the dosing. It is a 7 day cream but I am giving her a little bit at a time just to make sure I dont kill her.

Tonight I gave her a little bit of monistat, then regurgitated her a bit later. I then gave her a bit more monistat to hopefully jump start the process a bit.

She does not like it when I make her throw up and neither do I. I feel so bad when I do it, especially when it gets into her nose and she sneezes a lot. I am just trying to help though!!! She couldnt have been to mad at me though because she fell asleep under my arm

 

[robinwiththechickens]

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I put the piece down her throat. When she fights me two much I break the piece in half and put them in one at a time. It's much easier to do with two people, but with my husband's work schedule that's not possible.

I did exactly the same thing. Open her beak and stuff the piece in, follow with a syringe of water or yogurt. If she fought too much, we'd cut the piece in half or quarters and feed a little at a time. Wrapping her in a towel helped, but having my hubby hold her beak open helped even more.

 

[JakRat]

The cream works!!!!!!

OMG I almost just started crying because her crop wasn't a giant boob anymore!!!

The original poster should win some kind of Backyard Chicken Achievement of the Year Award. This is amazing, and so easy to fix. Now I am trying not to get ahead of myself it has only been a day, but so far so good!

Now I have a sinus infection in a different one... what is wrong with my girls!!! Its like they are getting sick just for attention... yikes... never had this problem with my last batch of chickens.

 

[fishnet1971]

i know this is going to sound so stupid, but it doenst hurt to ingest the Monistat if it's a supository? I want to keep this one in my 'fix it list' if i know it's safe! awesome job with your girl!

 

[Snozzle]

If that worked I wonder if just plain yogurt would do the trick. Most anything that you would use these cremes on can also be fixed by just using yogurt with live cultures. If I ever have one on one of my guys I'll have to try that. Great tip though!

 

[buckabucka]

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Wow. What a story! Glad to hear your hen recovered.