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    Sour crop

    My post on this thread was not soliciting advice for my hen, but responding to the OP. You jumped in and offered me advice, which I could have just ignored, having not asked for it. But I received and considered it graciously; that is obvious in the tenor of my responses, extending to ordering...
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    Sour crop

    I will gently note that it is as common to prolong suffering as to resolve it with continuing efforts to save an animal's life, especially when the cause of serious illness is unknown but cancer is a definite possibility. It seems likely that Ev's crop issue is secondary to something we cannot...
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    Sour crop

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    Sour crop

    I appreciate what you are trying to do. I just am not going to force her, weighing the cost to her against the slim chance of any durable benefit. I wish she had had 6 years of great life, but she had 4 of great life, and 2 of enjoyable enough. Thank you, though.
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    Sour crop

    Wow, this is so helpful. Thank you. Ev never came back into production after she turned 4; I've never seen that in another hen; they usually taper with age. At roughly the same time, she developed mild rales, decreased energy and a cyanotic comb/wattles. I knew then her future might not be...
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    Sour crop

    Do you have a link to the info you discovered and shared with your vet? You mention putting the digestive enzymes on food at a certain dose, but do not say how to administer the drops ( at .25 ml). Both on food and in beak are now problematic. It seems your Lucy kept eating, and maybe also...
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    Sour crop

    Thanks, but I have an excellent poultry vet and trust her assessment that there is something more serious underlying, especially with the history of respiratory issues/poor oxygenation/reduced energy, with which this hen, now 6, has lived for two years. "Crop stasis" simply means the crop is...
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    Sour crop

    So sorry you are dealing with this. The first linked article, by Azygous, is as good advice as you are likely to receive. Crop stasis is often a symptom of an underlying issue that cannot be easily resolved. I am about to lose a speckled Sussex, 6, who abruptly went out of production at 4, and...
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    A discussion of lymphoid leucosis

    Thank you for this additional information. It must have been so hard for you to lose multiple birds, knowing the care you take. I recall a thread specifically about you trying to save one of the youngsters after you discovered that ALV was responsible for the deaths. I'm glad it's no longer a...
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    A discussion of lymphoid leucosis

    Thanks for additional info; did you have her necropsied to confirm cause of death? It sounds as if you did. I have read that NPIP hatcheries are not required to monitor for ALV. If that is true, it is possible to get chicks who are infected from them.
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    A discussion of lymphoid leucosis

    By "certified," I assume you mean NPIP? I have read that NPIP does not, in fact, mean ALV-free, as this is not one of the viruses for which NPIP hatcheries are required to test. I have also read that ALV is not long robust outside a host's body and does not persist long on surfaces, so...
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    Crop motility ideas?

    Worth exploring. These were chicks from Cackle Hatchery, which participates in the NPIP, though I have just read that does not guarantee ALV-free. Plus, 4, 5, 6 seems a little old to be manifesting symptoms. She is a mobile vet, so no imaging was done; it was an internal exam/palpation; she...
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    Crop motility ideas?

    Greetings, all. I am working with an excellent poultry vet, but we are stumped on what is troubling my 6-year-old speckled Sussex, Ev. Her crop is sluggish, though neither sour nor impacted. If you just feel it, it seems like the normal crop of a hen who is eating, but she is not, or only very...
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    Sluggish crop in older hen

    Thank you; you have been so kind to me over the years with your responsiveness and expertise. Ev does not have palpable water belly, while her Sussex sister, who has long had significant ascites, is active, eating, has a well-oxygenated comb and just laid her first egg of the season today...
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    Sluggish crop in older hen

    Yes, I regularly add powdered probiotics to their feed, and sometimes a vitamin/electrolyte powder with lactobacillus to their water. Poultry NutriDrench every few days. I will read the articles; thanks for the links.
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    Sluggish crop in older hen

    Hello all: I have a speckled Sussex, just turned 6, who I think has a chronically sluggish crop. She quit laying at 4, and her comb generally appears small and more blue than red. She also has mild chronic rales that have not responded to antibiotics and may be related to a slow crop. In...
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    Upper beak overgrowing ....

    And beautiful! :)
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    Upper beak overgrowing ....

    Following up with a thank you for the rock/concrete idea. FunClucks chimed in with suggestion of a cinder block, and I have a couple so put them in the coop. She immediately approached one and started swiping her beak on it. I think I will give her a few days to work on it -- now that she has...
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    Upper beak overgrowing ....

    Thanks! I have a pretty nice pair of clippers, and I really like your cinder block idea. P.S. I just took a cinder block out to the coop, and she went right up to it and started swiping her beak across it. Good call! I've taken a second block out. (Large coop.) I've been keeping chickens more...
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    Upper beak overgrowing ....

    You make good points. She is 6 (today!) and has a history in midlife of failure to thrive, including mild rales which have not responded to antibiotics and a poorly oxygenated comb (small, bluish). She visibly improved last year, seemingly in response to crop massages, which I began after...
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