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    Sour Crop Recovery Complications

    We don't really have her on anything right now other than her medication. For the last 18 hours she has mostly "slept." She's breathing with her beak open and her eyes closed. She hasn't had anything to eat or drink other than what we put in the syringe with her antibiotics. We were worried...
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    Sour Crop Recovery Complications

    Well, she made it through the night. She's a real fighter. She hasn't eaten anything since we noticed she was sick. She got very little liquid yesterday so I'm wondering if I should try to give her a little bit with the syringe. That's how we're giving her the antibiotic we got yesterday and she...
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    Sour Crop Recovery Complications

    No crackling in the lungs--listened on both sides; just a gurgling from the throat. I'll look into finding some Baytril locally. Thanks, John
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    Sour Crop Recovery Complications

    Yes; I am worried that we may have gotten liquid in her lungs; either when clearing her crop, or when giving her electrolytes. Her crop seems normal, as are her bowel movements. Thanks, John
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    Sour Crop Recovery Complications

    One of our hens became lethargic last week, then showed signs of gaping and head shaking. When I checked her out her crop was full of liquid. She was drinking non-stop. I cleared her crop by inverting her, it was sour smelling liquid that came out. We gave her some oil with a syringe and...
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