I think I’m dealing with sour crop but would like other opinions. 4yr old Parmesan was fine Monday (eating, hanging with flock) but since then, I noticed she’d be separated from the flock while ranging and had no interest in treats. She moved slow and would scratch around and made it to the roost at night, but something was definitely off.
I’ve separated her and initially was convinced she had a crop impaction (hadn’t seen her poo, crop felt pretty full) so we tried coconut oil and massaging her crop, and it felt like it emptied within 10min of massaging it (it flattened, no more bulge). We checked on her 30min later and her crop felt full again, just as it was before, and she had some diarrhea. I’ve never felt an impacted or sour crop, and she wasn’t smelly like I know sour crop would be, but we thought we should try monistat next.
She’s had two doses of monistat but we see no improvement. She was interested in scrambled eggs yesterday but isn’t today. She continues to have sporadic (stinky) diarrhea and is drinking a lot of water.
Should I continue with the sour crop treatment? or what else should we consider trying?
I’ve separated her and initially was convinced she had a crop impaction (hadn’t seen her poo, crop felt pretty full) so we tried coconut oil and massaging her crop, and it felt like it emptied within 10min of massaging it (it flattened, no more bulge). We checked on her 30min later and her crop felt full again, just as it was before, and she had some diarrhea. I’ve never felt an impacted or sour crop, and she wasn’t smelly like I know sour crop would be, but we thought we should try monistat next.
She’s had two doses of monistat but we see no improvement. She was interested in scrambled eggs yesterday but isn’t today. She continues to have sporadic (stinky) diarrhea and is drinking a lot of water.
Should I continue with the sour crop treatment? or what else should we consider trying?