Sour Crop
Thrush, Yeast Infection, Moniliasis
Sour crop, a common name for candidiasis or candida.
Candida is a crop yeast Bacteria
There are several different species of Candida that can cause infection in chickens, but the common is C. albicans.
Candida species are a normal part of a healthy chicken's gut microflora, in which they are present in small amounts.
Candida exist alongside several good bacterial organisms, which are all kept in balance with one another.
However, Candida is very clever Bacteria, means that they take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself which enables them to flourish within the chicken's digestive system,
frequently involving the oral cavity.
This Bacteria shows it's cleverness when the window open in chicken's crop when all the Good Bacteria Started To Fade Away there are several specific And Non-Specific Examples of sour crop are like :
• During or After Antibiotics
• Prolonged Antibiotics Course
• Stress
• Overdrinking water at bed time
• Malnutrition
• Excessive Amount Of Fructose Intake
• Excessive Amount Of Hard Seeds Or Long Grass , seeds , fibers
What Causes Sour Crop ?
Sour crop is imbalance or lack of good gut bacteria in the crop for maintaining its work .
Commonly, sour crop comes in limelight after long term or strong use antibiotics . I personally see lack of appetite after antibiotics but we are not blaming Antibiotics it's their work to flush the system .
Also sour crop comes in crop impaction when food stays too long in the crop and due to that staying food start its fermentation process .
Usually a healthy chicken crop gets empty overnight and in day time after 4-6 hours crop get empty .If a birds crop didn't emptying in the hours means it's staying in the same size no Food Is moving then this is the Case Of SLOW CROP
Slow crop will soon Become Sour Because food that stay so long in the crop will start getting fermented and fermentation process will allow the candida to multiply and spread all over the crop making it Awful , smelly and Fatal .
Clinical Signs :-
People Usually Sees Or Diagnosed Sour Crop In Last Stages or In Middle Stage of the Infection where there's only 50% chances of recovery if things are not worst .
That is why FIRSTLY CHECK THE CROP IN THE MORNING BEFORE BREAKFAST.
Stages
1 . Begining
In the beginning of slow crop which will turn into sour the very first sign is Slowness of the crop .
Food will stay in the crop will not move down ..some had small quantities of food and some had the large firm amount of food.
2 . MILD
ONCE THE FOOD STARTED TO STAY LONGER THINGS WILL START GIVING BENEFITS TO THE CANDIDA AND BIRD WILL STARTED DRINK MORE WATER JUST TO LET THE FOOD GO DOWN. RESULTING A CROP FILLED WITH WATER AND FOOD AND THE FERMENTATION PROCESS STARTS .
3 . SERIOUS
FERMENTATION PROCESS BECOME ACTIVE WHEN THE BIRD FEED THE BACTERIA EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIQUID AKA WATER
BIRD WILL HAVE SOUR SMELL AROUND HIS BEAK SOME CASES DEVLOPED LEISONS
NOTE DOWN THAT IF YOU EVETY SUSPECT A FULL CROP OR SOME FOOD IN CROP DON'T BE IN HURRY TO GIVE MORE FOOD THIS WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE .
4. FATAL
BIRD WILL BECOME STRESSED THE LIQUID AND AMOUNT OF FOOD MAKES THE UNABLE TO BREATH .
BIRD WILL START PUKING AND FERMENTED LIQUID STARTED SHOWING IN COLORATION OF GREEN (ROTTING COLOR)
UNFORTUNATELY BIRD WILL DIE OR ON THE WAY TO RECOVERING .
More Worsen Cases Of Sour Crop Symptoms Include Listlessness , Ballon Shaped Crop Full Of Water & Liquid Draining From Beak (Bird Trying To Vomiting) A Bad Yeasty Odor Like Fermented Milk From Beak , Gurgling Sound Etc All These Signs Are The Serious Cases Of Sour Crop When You Need To Contact Your Avian Vet So He Can Empty The Crop.
If you are newbie chicken owner and you don't know about Vomit Chicken DO NOT try this never never never ..
Vomiting or flushing the crop
process only administrative by people who are experienced or By a vet . inexperienced people kill their chicken with aspirates them unfortunately in few minutes so pls don't do it
Let's start! The treatment process
When you suspected your chicken started having sour crop or slow crop
first mark that day on calendar so you remember how long it take time in healing process .
Adult / younger chicken heal faster then the chicks as they hold a self immunity .
separate the sour crop chicken to a quite warm place (Hospital pen) to administrate the treatment and monitoring .
Common treatment :-
add some 0.5 ML RAW UNFILTERED APPLE CIDER VINEGAR In little water (This Is A Strong Dose For Faster Work) And Give To Sick Bird In Every 2 Hours & Monitor The Liquid In Crop If It Start Getting Down ?
You can massage the crop in circulation downwards motions to let the food go down .
If ACV Starts Working Against The Yeast You Will Feel That Liquid Started Getting Down In About 4 Hours Of Administration Of ACV .
Otherwise If U See No Changes AVC might Not able to treating the current condition .
Herbal Successful Treatment :-
FENNEL SEEDS & SOUR CROP :-
THIS IS PROVEN REMEDY TO TREAT SOUR CROP LIKE A MIRACLE AND WORKS FASTER THIS REMEDY MAKES CROP MOVES . I PERSONALLY SEE THAT BIRD WILL START POOPING LARGE POOPS AND CROP STARTED EMPTYING
FENNEL SEEDS OR FENNEL SEED EXTRACT CONTAINS FENNEL OIL THAT CONTAIN TONS OF ANTIOXIDANTS , ANTIFUNGAL , ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES WHICH IS PROVEN TO TREAT CANDIDA YEAST INFECTION NOT ONLY IN POULTRY BUT IN HUMANS TOO.
HOW TO MAKE FENNEL Water OR FENNEL TEA?
♦ 3-4 TABLESPOON FENNEL SEEDS CRUSH THEM A LITTLE (SO THEY RELEASE THEIR OIL) ADD 1 1/2 CUP OF PLAIN WATER THEN BOIL IT ON MEDIUM FLAME FOR 3-4 MINUTES TILL THE WATER TURNS GREEN IN COLOR AND REDUCED FROM 1 1/2 TO 1 CUP . TURN OFF THE FLAME AND LEAVR IT TO CHILL .
THEN BY AN DROPPER GIVE THIS TEA 2-4 DROPFULL REGULARLY TO CHICKEN . YOU VISIBLY SEE AFTER FENNEL SEEDS TEA 1-2 DOSE YOUR CHICKEN WILL DO MASSIVE BIG POOPS .
MAKE FRESH FENNEL TEA EVERYDAY. WASH CLEAN N DRY DROPPER EVERYDAY ..
AFTER THE LIQUID STARTD decrease YOU CAN GIVE LITE FOOD TO YOUR CHICKEN LIKE
♦ HARD BOILED MASHED EGGS
♦ BOILED RICE (little)
♦ BOILED RICE WITH PLAIN YOGHURT ( less rice more yoghurt)
♦ BOOST IMMUNITY WITH ALOE VIRA ,Chinese herbal tea combinations, Larch arabanogalactans, or Lactalbumins.
♦ PLAIN UNSWEETENED LIVE CULTURED YOGHURT
LIGHT EASY TO DIGEST FOOD FOR 4-5 DAYS IN RECOVER OF SOUR CROP DAILY CROP INSPECTION IN THE MORNING . NO SWEETENED FOOD NO FRUCTOSE INGESTION FOR 4-5 DAYS . PROVIDE GRIT REGULARLY IN MODERATION AFTET CROP MAINTAINED ITS REGULAR WORK KINDLY TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR FUTURE AS SOUR CROP ONCE HAPPEND CAN RETUREN IN FUTURE FASTER
PERVENT IT WITH GOOD HYGIENE , REGULAR ACV IN WATER (IN EVERY 5 DAYS FOR 2 DAYS)
♦ YOU CAN ALSO GIVE YAKULT LIGHT PROBIOTIC DRINK 2-3 DROPS FOR GOOD bacteria AND GOOD IMMUNITY .
PREVENTION:-
• FEED GARLIC FOR STRONG IMMUNITY AND KILL HARMFUL bacteria
• AFTER U ENCOUNTERD WITH SOUR CROP DON'T GIVE FERMENTATED FEED .
• GIVE ORAGANO OIL IN WATER
• FEED ORAGANO , DIL LEAVES
• PROVIDE FRESH CLEAN WATER REGULARLY
Best Non Medical Treatment:-
• Probiotics & Prebiotic with Yeast Extract and Enzymes this is an update i’m writing in 2024 after experiencing with my chickens that Probiotics totally changed the game of crop and health of a chicken or pet bird ..
When i started this Dog based probiotics it makes my Rooster poop like crazy throughout night he wake up empty flat crop with super hungry this is a
Veterinary Medicine Based Probiotics made for dog and cats But i use it for my chickens and work wonders like wow!
i use 2 pink in shot glass and let him drink once every 6 days try this method
MEDICATIONS :-
• MEDICALLY TREATMENT FOR SOUR CROP IF U SUSPECTED A SERIOUS CASE OF SOUR CROP .
BUT IF THE BIRD IS IN VERY SERIOUS CASE APPEARS LISTLESS PLEASE CONTACT A AVAIN VET FOR EMEGERNCY ASSISTANCE .
MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR SOUR CROP INCLUDE :-
ANTIFUNGAL MEDICATION Orally
A) Nystatin (300 KIU/KG)
B) Ketoconazole (10-30MG/KG)
Your vet / medication provider will tell u the exact dose .
------------------------
LAST BEST PROCEDURE COMES WITH "ACIDIFY COPPER SULPHATE" BUT BE VERY CAREFUL IN ACS AS OVERDOSE CAN KILL BIRD immediately .
TO AVOID OVERDOSE FIRST MADE A CROP FLUSH
1 TEASPOON OF EPSOM SALT IN 1 CUP OF PLAIN WATER POUR IT IN BIRDS THROAT AVOIDING ASPIRATION 2-3 TIMES AFTER CROP FLUSH U CAN administrate COPPER .
MADE COPPER SULPHATE SOLUTION :-
1/2 POUND OF acidify COPPER SULPHATE 1/2 CUP OF VINEGAR INTO 1/2 GALLON OF WATER AND ADD ONLY 1 TABLESPOON OF THIS SOLUTION IN PER GALLON OF WATER .
NOTE :
DO NOT USE ANY ANTIBIOTIC DURING COPPER TREATMENT .
DON'T USE METAL WATERER WHEN USING COPPER
Thanks
Thrush, Yeast Infection, Moniliasis
Sour crop, a common name for candidiasis or candida.
Candida is a crop yeast Bacteria
There are several different species of Candida that can cause infection in chickens, but the common is C. albicans.
Candida species are a normal part of a healthy chicken's gut microflora, in which they are present in small amounts.
Candida exist alongside several good bacterial organisms, which are all kept in balance with one another.
However, Candida is very clever Bacteria, means that they take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself which enables them to flourish within the chicken's digestive system,
frequently involving the oral cavity.
This Bacteria shows it's cleverness when the window open in chicken's crop when all the Good Bacteria Started To Fade Away there are several specific And Non-Specific Examples of sour crop are like :
• During or After Antibiotics
• Prolonged Antibiotics Course
• Stress
• Overdrinking water at bed time
• Malnutrition
• Excessive Amount Of Fructose Intake
• Excessive Amount Of Hard Seeds Or Long Grass , seeds , fibers
What Causes Sour Crop ?
Sour crop is imbalance or lack of good gut bacteria in the crop for maintaining its work .
Commonly, sour crop comes in limelight after long term or strong use antibiotics . I personally see lack of appetite after antibiotics but we are not blaming Antibiotics it's their work to flush the system .
Also sour crop comes in crop impaction when food stays too long in the crop and due to that staying food start its fermentation process .
Usually a healthy chicken crop gets empty overnight and in day time after 4-6 hours crop get empty .If a birds crop didn't emptying in the hours means it's staying in the same size no Food Is moving then this is the Case Of SLOW CROP
Slow crop will soon Become Sour Because food that stay so long in the crop will start getting fermented and fermentation process will allow the candida to multiply and spread all over the crop making it Awful , smelly and Fatal .
Clinical Signs :-
People Usually Sees Or Diagnosed Sour Crop In Last Stages or In Middle Stage of the Infection where there's only 50% chances of recovery if things are not worst .
That is why FIRSTLY CHECK THE CROP IN THE MORNING BEFORE BREAKFAST.
Stages
1 . Begining
In the beginning of slow crop which will turn into sour the very first sign is Slowness of the crop .
Food will stay in the crop will not move down ..some had small quantities of food and some had the large firm amount of food.
2 . MILD
ONCE THE FOOD STARTED TO STAY LONGER THINGS WILL START GIVING BENEFITS TO THE CANDIDA AND BIRD WILL STARTED DRINK MORE WATER JUST TO LET THE FOOD GO DOWN. RESULTING A CROP FILLED WITH WATER AND FOOD AND THE FERMENTATION PROCESS STARTS .
3 . SERIOUS
FERMENTATION PROCESS BECOME ACTIVE WHEN THE BIRD FEED THE BACTERIA EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIQUID AKA WATER
BIRD WILL HAVE SOUR SMELL AROUND HIS BEAK SOME CASES DEVLOPED LEISONS
NOTE DOWN THAT IF YOU EVETY SUSPECT A FULL CROP OR SOME FOOD IN CROP DON'T BE IN HURRY TO GIVE MORE FOOD THIS WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE .
4. FATAL
BIRD WILL BECOME STRESSED THE LIQUID AND AMOUNT OF FOOD MAKES THE UNABLE TO BREATH .
BIRD WILL START PUKING AND FERMENTED LIQUID STARTED SHOWING IN COLORATION OF GREEN (ROTTING COLOR)
UNFORTUNATELY BIRD WILL DIE OR ON THE WAY TO RECOVERING .
More Worsen Cases Of Sour Crop Symptoms Include Listlessness , Ballon Shaped Crop Full Of Water & Liquid Draining From Beak (Bird Trying To Vomiting) A Bad Yeasty Odor Like Fermented Milk From Beak , Gurgling Sound Etc All These Signs Are The Serious Cases Of Sour Crop When You Need To Contact Your Avian Vet So He Can Empty The Crop.
If you are newbie chicken owner and you don't know about Vomit Chicken DO NOT try this never never never ..
Vomiting or flushing the crop
process only administrative by people who are experienced or By a vet . inexperienced people kill their chicken with aspirates them unfortunately in few minutes so pls don't do it
Let's start! The treatment process
When you suspected your chicken started having sour crop or slow crop
first mark that day on calendar so you remember how long it take time in healing process .
Adult / younger chicken heal faster then the chicks as they hold a self immunity .
separate the sour crop chicken to a quite warm place (Hospital pen) to administrate the treatment and monitoring .
Common treatment :-
add some 0.5 ML RAW UNFILTERED APPLE CIDER VINEGAR In little water (This Is A Strong Dose For Faster Work) And Give To Sick Bird In Every 2 Hours & Monitor The Liquid In Crop If It Start Getting Down ?
You can massage the crop in circulation downwards motions to let the food go down .
If ACV Starts Working Against The Yeast You Will Feel That Liquid Started Getting Down In About 4 Hours Of Administration Of ACV .
Otherwise If U See No Changes AVC might Not able to treating the current condition .
Herbal Successful Treatment :-
FENNEL SEEDS & SOUR CROP :-
THIS IS PROVEN REMEDY TO TREAT SOUR CROP LIKE A MIRACLE AND WORKS FASTER THIS REMEDY MAKES CROP MOVES . I PERSONALLY SEE THAT BIRD WILL START POOPING LARGE POOPS AND CROP STARTED EMPTYING
FENNEL SEEDS OR FENNEL SEED EXTRACT CONTAINS FENNEL OIL THAT CONTAIN TONS OF ANTIOXIDANTS , ANTIFUNGAL , ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES WHICH IS PROVEN TO TREAT CANDIDA YEAST INFECTION NOT ONLY IN POULTRY BUT IN HUMANS TOO.
HOW TO MAKE FENNEL Water OR FENNEL TEA?
♦ 3-4 TABLESPOON FENNEL SEEDS CRUSH THEM A LITTLE (SO THEY RELEASE THEIR OIL) ADD 1 1/2 CUP OF PLAIN WATER THEN BOIL IT ON MEDIUM FLAME FOR 3-4 MINUTES TILL THE WATER TURNS GREEN IN COLOR AND REDUCED FROM 1 1/2 TO 1 CUP . TURN OFF THE FLAME AND LEAVR IT TO CHILL .
THEN BY AN DROPPER GIVE THIS TEA 2-4 DROPFULL REGULARLY TO CHICKEN . YOU VISIBLY SEE AFTER FENNEL SEEDS TEA 1-2 DOSE YOUR CHICKEN WILL DO MASSIVE BIG POOPS .
MAKE FRESH FENNEL TEA EVERYDAY. WASH CLEAN N DRY DROPPER EVERYDAY ..
AFTER THE LIQUID STARTD decrease YOU CAN GIVE LITE FOOD TO YOUR CHICKEN LIKE
♦ HARD BOILED MASHED EGGS
♦ BOILED RICE (little)
♦ BOILED RICE WITH PLAIN YOGHURT ( less rice more yoghurt)
♦ BOOST IMMUNITY WITH ALOE VIRA ,Chinese herbal tea combinations, Larch arabanogalactans, or Lactalbumins.
♦ PLAIN UNSWEETENED LIVE CULTURED YOGHURT
LIGHT EASY TO DIGEST FOOD FOR 4-5 DAYS IN RECOVER OF SOUR CROP DAILY CROP INSPECTION IN THE MORNING . NO SWEETENED FOOD NO FRUCTOSE INGESTION FOR 4-5 DAYS . PROVIDE GRIT REGULARLY IN MODERATION AFTET CROP MAINTAINED ITS REGULAR WORK KINDLY TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR FUTURE AS SOUR CROP ONCE HAPPEND CAN RETUREN IN FUTURE FASTER
PERVENT IT WITH GOOD HYGIENE , REGULAR ACV IN WATER (IN EVERY 5 DAYS FOR 2 DAYS)
♦ YOU CAN ALSO GIVE YAKULT LIGHT PROBIOTIC DRINK 2-3 DROPS FOR GOOD bacteria AND GOOD IMMUNITY .
PREVENTION:-
• FEED GARLIC FOR STRONG IMMUNITY AND KILL HARMFUL bacteria
• AFTER U ENCOUNTERD WITH SOUR CROP DON'T GIVE FERMENTATED FEED .
• GIVE ORAGANO OIL IN WATER
• FEED ORAGANO , DIL LEAVES
• PROVIDE FRESH CLEAN WATER REGULARLY
Best Non Medical Treatment:-
• Probiotics & Prebiotic with Yeast Extract and Enzymes this is an update i’m writing in 2024 after experiencing with my chickens that Probiotics totally changed the game of crop and health of a chicken or pet bird ..
When i started this Dog based probiotics it makes my Rooster poop like crazy throughout night he wake up empty flat crop with super hungry this is a
Veterinary Medicine Based Probiotics made for dog and cats But i use it for my chickens and work wonders like wow!
i use 2 pink in shot glass and let him drink once every 6 days try this method
MEDICATIONS :-
• MEDICALLY TREATMENT FOR SOUR CROP IF U SUSPECTED A SERIOUS CASE OF SOUR CROP .
BUT IF THE BIRD IS IN VERY SERIOUS CASE APPEARS LISTLESS PLEASE CONTACT A AVAIN VET FOR EMEGERNCY ASSISTANCE .
MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR SOUR CROP INCLUDE :-
ANTIFUNGAL MEDICATION Orally
A) Nystatin (300 KIU/KG)
B) Ketoconazole (10-30MG/KG)
Your vet / medication provider will tell u the exact dose .
------------------------
LAST BEST PROCEDURE COMES WITH "ACIDIFY COPPER SULPHATE" BUT BE VERY CAREFUL IN ACS AS OVERDOSE CAN KILL BIRD immediately .
TO AVOID OVERDOSE FIRST MADE A CROP FLUSH
1 TEASPOON OF EPSOM SALT IN 1 CUP OF PLAIN WATER POUR IT IN BIRDS THROAT AVOIDING ASPIRATION 2-3 TIMES AFTER CROP FLUSH U CAN administrate COPPER .
MADE COPPER SULPHATE SOLUTION :-
1/2 POUND OF acidify COPPER SULPHATE 1/2 CUP OF VINEGAR INTO 1/2 GALLON OF WATER AND ADD ONLY 1 TABLESPOON OF THIS SOLUTION IN PER GALLON OF WATER .
NOTE :
DO NOT USE ANY ANTIBIOTIC DURING COPPER TREATMENT .
DON'T USE METAL WATERER WHEN USING COPPER
Thanks
