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Thanks for the suggestion. I edited my article to clarify the strength of the miconazole and added an addendum to include the options of crop surgery and molasses flush in cases where the normal crop treatments fail.

You can use either strength. You can use the suppositories and cut them into quarter-inch lengths, but you will not be using the applicator. The tiny chunk will be popped directly into the beak like a gum drop into a child's mouth. If you look a little more carefully at the shelf where they...

You are doing great! Yes, she may need the bra for a while. Some chickens need it at night for the rest of their lives, and a few need to wear it all the time so their crop can function. You'll see which of these is your hen's case as time passes.

She'll adjust to it. Just keep it on her. The fit should be so the crop is elevated about two inches to start. The point is to support the crop in a slightly higher profile so the contents can reach the crop "drain" which is located, not at the bottom, but about halfway up from the bottom of the...

Okay. Let's do an experiment to see if pendulous crop is playing a devious role in this. Hold your hen in a comfortable position for you both. Then support the crop with one hand, raising it up about two inches higher. Then, with the other hand, very, very gently massage the crop in tight...

Human men are so like roosters, it amazes me. Simple minded but sweet.

Seven days.

I think you'd probably benefit from reading my article once more. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-treat-sour-crop-and-impacted-crop-and-how-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ It shows how to make a crop bra, easy, no sewing. And treating with miconazole anti-yeast cream...

I've never heard of airsaculitis being mistaken for a crop issue, but I suppose it's possible, just unlikely.

Do you feel any lumpiness, any solid material? If not, then coconut oil isn't going to be necessary. A spongy crop, sort of like a water balloon, usually indicates a yeast infection - sour crop. It doesn't always smell like a sour sponge or sauerkraut. The treatment is an anti-yeast med such...

A crop feeling like a balloon is the first reason to suspect a crop disorder. The next step is to check the crop first thing in the morning to see if it's emptied overnight. A normal crop will be flat and empty. A sick crop will have contents that refuse to go down, sort of like a toilet that...

Read this, then we'll talk. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-treat-sour-crop-and-impacted-crop-and-how-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/