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My hen seems okay. She even started laying again after a six month break! Not sure what the deal was with her crop, but guess we caught it at the very beginning. As far as yogurt, best not to feed flavored at all-you do not want sugar in her crop right now. I wouldn't feed vanilla or anything...

Massage her crop several times a day; just don't push up on it and make her possibly choke on something. I just found my 5 yr old RIR/Buff Orp hen with a crop issue this morning and put her in the hospital cage with water laced with 1/4 tsp of acidified copper sulfate. She'd obviously been...

The important thing to do is clear out that crop so nutrition can get through. I'd hold off on vitamins till you are reasonably sure food is being processed, though you can use the liquid baby vitamins without iron and drop them right into her beak. I've cleared up sour crop on a couple, lost a...

Of course, I meant put the vinegar in a gallon of water--just read my post back to myself, LOL. The acidity seems to help change the pH in the crop and eliminate the fungus, if it starts to sour. Food has to be made to move along, though. Some birds are prone to crop issues. And if they get some...

Don't make her vomit. She could aspirate and choke. (I fixed the double post for you). You need to get some unfiltered apple cider vinegar and give her a couple of tablespoons in a gallon plastic waterer. No food. Keep her warm and separate from the others. If you have acidified copper...

Does it feel doughy? Sort of like kneading playdough? She may have crop stasis and you may be feeling mushed up feed that is just sitting there. Have lost a few to that. That means the crop has quit working and pushing food through the hole in the back, so she isn't getting any nutrition. If...