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    Impacted and/or Sour crop treatment

    Was the vet an avian vet? I had a similar situation with my hen. Crop stasis. She lingered for so long, I felt so terrible for her. She wanted to live, but she didn't make it and my rehabber friend could not find anything wrong on necropsy.
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    Sour crop question…is it time to euthanize?

    I currently have a 5 yo Australorp hen likely internal laying. Her bottom is getting large and her droppings are getting small. She has had fly strike 3 times with the last being the worst, because she cannot groom herself in the back. My husband says just let her live her live, but I feel I...
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    Benadryl to Euthanize Chicken?

    My vet gases them, until they are unconscious, then she sticks the heart.
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    Benadryl to Euthanize Chicken?

    How do you hold the head still?
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    Sour Crop Not Resolving, crop not emptying... Crop Blockage? Treatment?

    @tori729 Who was your vet who performed this? I lost a hen to crop stasis (she developed every single molt) and when the vet did a basic necropsy, she couldn't find anything abnormal.
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    Sour crop question…is it time to euthanize?

    I asked my rehabber friend to take her, as her crop was not moving and she was getting dehydrated. One morning, she found her dead. She thinks she aspirated. I asked my friend to take her because she would be able to euthanize her, but since my hen still looked interested in eating she kept...
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    Impacted and/or Sour crop treatment

    My vet told me I have to give nystatin 4x day! Fragile is an understatement. Shortly after that, I found another favorite dead in the coop. I had even dewormed earlier! That was the first hen I have ever found dead (besides the 12 that were killed by coyotes -- my little boy found them all...
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    Sour crop question…is it time to euthanize?

    @Apags18 I just want to let you know I wrestled with that question with my hen (a favorite) with sour crop. The first time she had crop stasis was when she was molting. We paid over $1000 for crop surgery and she was placed on Bactrim/meloxicam. She recovered, but I had to put over 2 months...
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    Impacted and/or Sour crop treatment

    What happened to your hen? I had a hen like this and her GI system would completely shut down with each molt. The second time, she didn't make it and when my friend who does rehab did a basic necropsy, she could not find anything unusual except for a lot of fat. Her fecal did show capillaria...
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    Treatment for worms and coccidosis

    Thank you! Forgot not to look for Valbazen, rather "Albendazole." I am considering using a pill though, like Bastonero plus.
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    Safeguard Aquasol Dewormer for Capillaria Worms?

    Just curious about Aquasol vs. Safeguard liquid goat wormer. Some people say that chickens cannot absorb the safeguard as well, since it is in a suspension, thus the higher dose. Valbazen as the liquid is on backorder indefinitely, unless pills can work/
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    Treatment for worms and coccidosis

    @Wyorp Rock I cannot seem to find Valbazen liquid, it is back-ordered everywhere. It is made in China I believe. What would you suggest for Capillaria. They do make Valbazen tablets, I wonder if I could calculate the dose and break the tablets.
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    Treatment for worms and coccidosis

    @dawg53 I just had a favorite hen die of Capillaria (most likely -- she had crop stasis) -- how do you treat with Valbazen (for how many days, then repeat? I read on one of your earlier posts that it is best to treat more often to break the cycle? My flock free ranges on 1/8 acre and they poop...
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    Help sour crop

    I don't think her fat necrosed. @Wyorp Rock Have you ever treated for Capillaria? I have Valbazen, Safeguard, and Aquasol -- I wonder which is best.
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    Help sour crop

    @Wyorp Rock Have you had hens have crop stasis during a molt. My 5 yo EE recently had this. In fact, the same time last year I had to have crop surgery and this year same time, her gut stopped moving food. The vet prescribed antibiotics, fenbendazole (she had Capillaria in her droppings)...
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    Correlation between molting and extremely slow crop?

    I think there is a correlation. I have a favorite hen who just past away from this. Last year we spent over $1000 on crop surgery for her. The thought was that she had a gizzard impaction. It was so sad watching her try to eat grit and drink water to clear it on her own. The crop stasis...
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    Crop That Won't Empty

    I have 2 LGDs that keep my free-roaming girls safe, but my girls constantly have worms (roundworms, hairworms, cecal worms) -- one of my neighbors keeps her hens penned and all her hens live twice as long as mine. I wonder if they just simply have less parasites from wild birds or insects.
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    HELP! Impacted Crop

    @Chold05 I have a 5 year old hen with this problem. Last year around October, right around her molt, her crop slowed. I spend over a thousand to have crop surgery. Afterwards, I had to tube feed her. She spent 2 months in a dog crate. This year it happened again! I am this close to...
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    Crop That Won't Empty

    After having 2 hens with crop issues the past 2 months, I realize how common it is. It makes me wonder if penning chickens is really the safest for them. It seems like those with confined chickens see their chickens living to their teens. My son, however, said the hens who are used to free...
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    Crop That Won't Empty

    @coach723 Thank you for taking the time to write that and for sharing your necropsy. I have been treating for parasites -- she has had 5 doses of Fenbendazole and topical Ivermectin drops. I have given her subcutaneous fluids. I was hoping it was the Capillaria that was causing inflammation...
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