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    What should you do if you’re SUSPICIOUS about digestion issues in your coop?

    Since my last post, I refilled their waterer with normal water and just sat back to observe. This morning they all have cleared out. I will continue to be vigilant about the health of my coop but I am so relieved!!! Thanks again to everyone who provided feedback in my time of need—you guys are...
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    What should you do if you’re SUSPICIOUS about digestion issues in your coop?

    I have been providing the grit separately but good to know to continue that way. I may worm them soon as a maintenance/precaution but maybe not right away since there aren’t any glaring signs it’s never been an issue in my 15 or so years of having chickens. I’ll just work on keeping an eye on...
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    What should you do if you’re SUSPICIOUS about digestion issues in your coop?

    Thank you. Good to know. I will cool it on the extras and just continue to monitor. All behavior seems good and I don’t see blood in the stools so I will just keep these things in mind. We are rebuilding our coop at the moment because the muddy run was also a concern of mine so they will have a...
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    What should you do if you’re SUSPICIOUS about digestion issues in your coop?

    Great to know, thank you so much for the response. Yeah, I will continue to remove the food in the morning and try to get a better idea of the baseline for each bird so that I can relax a bit. Thoughts on the copper sulfate and when I should start to reintroduce scratch grains? They had access...
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    What should you do if you’re SUSPICIOUS about digestion issues in your coop?

    I just lost a 4yo hen from what turned out to be a reproductive issue that caused sour/impacted crop. I had been treating her for a few weeks, and of course throughout the process I was closely watching and very paranoid about the health of my other chickens bc I feared that something in the...
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    Updates and Guidance Wanted on Sour crop/Vent gleet treatment

    Here is my first post for those who want all of the info: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackYardChickens/s/oh5uVeQIlo Sorry this is a lot but I’m just trying to give as much info as possible. TLDR and specific questions at the bottom. I have a hen who was discovered to have sour crop on Sunday June...
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    Papaya Enzyme for Sour Crop

    When you have the tablets with the metamucil, did you premix the metamucil with water and give 1tsp of the mixture, or add 1 tsp of powder to the mixture that she eats all of? just want to make sure i’m dosing things out properly. Thanks so much for sharing this info
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    Go team "Tube Feeding!" - Updated 12/29/2019

    I have some here in my other BYC post—too https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/need-guidance-on-treatment-for-sour-crop.1670086/ but here are some. I totally missed the file attach button on the comment, didn’t know i could do that! This is from after getting a tube feeding of the water and...
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    Go team "Tube Feeding!" - Updated 12/29/2019

    Was this for me? most of her poops are the standard yeasty yellow and white and pretty tiny, at night (usually after we get something into the crop) she tends to also have some dark slug looking blobs on top of the white yeast stuff. I don’t know whether to see this as a positive thing (like...
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    Go team "Tube Feeding!" - Updated 12/29/2019

    I have a hen with sour crop who still has energy and range of motion to walk around and put her head down, but she won’t eat or drink so it’s been very hard to treat her. we have done 3 tube feedings just with the medicated water and nutridrench, and once with an egg yolk and some monistat, but...
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    Need Guidance on Treatment for Sour Crop

    I came back from a 4 day trip and a hen who seemed perfectly fine (literally even checked her crop before I left, which wasn't easy since she was very energetic and hard to catch) had developed sour crop. My brother and I were even commenting how her butt was the most perfect, clean and pristine...
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    Comment by 'madfisch' in article 'Colorado Coop'

    what’s the problem with it? no run?
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    Comment by 'madfisch' in article 'Colorado Coop'

    sorry to pile on—looks like this post has gotten you a lot of attention!! i would also love to have those plans to see if i could pull something like this off for my hens! thanks
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    Butt feathers grew in abnormally. Need advice!

    she is a white leghorn and i haven’t seen any signs of frizzle on her in the past but that did occur to me! i have recover 911 in her water right now to get her those probiotics after being on the medicated water. she has been getting a variety of foods but i will focus more on the protein...
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    Discolored vent- lethargic sick hen. Graphic image.

    I would love to know what ended up happening with this hen. I have a chicken with sour crop at the moment with the same dark circle and dryness around her vent. She does not seem to have water belly (she is very bony and firm underside) or worms, and she hasn’t laid in years and doesn’t have any...
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