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You have about 20 feed stores in the Toronto area. feed stores - Google Maps Get on the phone and find those that sell grit. Forget those with only dog and cat food. Study this treatise on sour crop and learn how to prevent it. How to avoid sour crop and a crop-bound chicken - thisNZlife I...

Ontario is a big place. What part? As I posted earlier, it doesn't have to be granite. It can be any igneous or metamorphic rock. Anything hard, insoluble and not smooth.

I'm guessing there are probably a million chicken keepers in Canada. You can't be the only one that can't find poultry grit. I can't imagine that feed stores that carry chicken feed don't also carry grit. And no, oyster shell doesn't work as grit. First of all, it is all calcium carbonate. You...

No, it's bad for you. They will eat the eggs before you get a chance to.

I put it in a cage cup in each coop. However, you can just put it in a pile on the ground. Any hard sharp stones of the right size will work. Mostly igneous rock. Flint works also. Grits – TCC Materials If the grit isn't large enough to lodge in the gizzard, it won't do the job.

It doesn't sound like enough ventilation to me. Drilled holes and a cracked door isn't ventilation. I wager most respiratory problems this time of year are due to lack of fresh air with poultry keepers who are afraid their birds are cold. Where are you located? Is it double digits below zero F...

I wouldn't suspect a crop problem first thing. Any symptoms other than lethargy. What is the ventilation like in the building (size of openings for air exchange)?