sour crop

  1. Emrosenagel

    Frantic hen, I’m at a loss

    For starters, no she doesn’t need to lay. I know how she behaves when she needs to lay, and this is not it. I’ve asked about this before on here but it’s been about a year now, and this behavior comes and goes. It makes me feel terrible because she looks so hungry, willing to eat everything...
  2. N

    Intestional blockage

    Hello ! My sweet little Sally is only 1 1/2 years old and she was always following me around demanding to be carried. For a few days I noticed she was eating a lot do dirt which I thought was odd and the also kept going Broody daily for about a week. I noticed her crop wasn’t emptying so I gave...
  3. Olive_Egger

    Hen with sour crop and scab

    Hello! Our hen has sour crop (her breath smells very sour) and we’re keeping her in overnight. We also found this strange scab-looking thing on her stomach — could possibly have been from a hawk a while back? Any advice is appreciated.
  4. M

    Soft crop?

    Hey guys, new chicken owner here. Recently got 2 red laying hens about two weeks ago. Everything has been going great with them. I’ve done lot’s of research before committing and i’m unsure if I’m being paranoid. The ladies are approximately 5 months, ordered them from the local co-op. Couple...
  5. C

    Does wet food cause sour crop

    When my hen was sick and not eating/drinking, I started adding a bit of water to her pellets. Now she’s better and she loves it. Will giving her fresh wet food cause sour crop? I always remove the wet leftover food after an hour or so.
  6. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Monistat Overdose?

    My 6 year old BO recently made a crazy comeback from a reproductive issue. While her energy is back, I noticed her appetite was not (except hunting bugs and eating high protein treats), and that in addition to green diarrhea and a slow-emptying water balloon crop, she started vomiting large...
  7. M

    Is this Sour Crop? Please help!

    Something’s wrong with my (6yo) Orpington chicken. The past few days she’s been making these jerking neck movements a lot, making me think something’s wrong with her crop. Recently she spat up some clear liquid and 2 days ago she didn’t want to eat the food I offered, though I eventually got her...
  8. Jillthechef77

    Unsure of sour or impacted crop

    I live in Massachusetts, I have a Black Australorp that is about 1 years old, over the winter she decided she preferred to be in the nude and plucked her feathers out (I assume stress) of being shut in most days with the snow/ice. She lives with 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 bantam hens, a bantam...
  9. halfbarred

    Sour crop ? Impacted Crop ?

    Hi all, I’ve had chickens for years but this is my first time encountering a crop issue. Noticed my mixed barred rock hen, 2 yrs old, is usually the most active in the bunch. I noticed her staying in the coop two days ago and thought she was broody, but in the afternoon she came out and there...
  10. A

    Severe pendulous crop

    This is a long post! Sorry but I have a lot of info to share! I posted a couple months ago about my two year old black copper Maran hen, Truffles, and her battle with sour/pendulous crop. I had gotten some good advice and have tried just about everything. She has had sour crop since Dec 2024...
  11. C

    Chicken is lethargic with foamy, light yellow poop. Any ideas?

    Hello. My golden comet hen (almost 2 years old) has been acting strange for a few days. She hasn’t been moving around much, has her head tucked in, seems puffed out, and keeps closing her eyes. I have four other hens who all seem fine. Normally, the five of them free range my backyard most of...
  12. B

    Mucus in beak??

    I have a hen who has mucus in her beak. She has no sores or patches in her mouth, no obstructions, no mites on her body. She’s quite lethargic. She drinks water but seems like she’s struggling to swallow, attempts to eat but almost looks like she’s choking on it, she appears to be losing weight...
  13. 3eyondblessed

    Sour crop?

    Hi all, my 5 month old cross beak silkie crop is really full with liquid. She basically has all the signs of sour crop, except well the sour smell! I made her throw up…. By massaging her crop. It appears to be a clear liquid with what looks like soggy food? She hasn’t had food in 24 hours. I...
  14. G

    "Old" hen with sour crop and shoulder bubble

    We noticed our hen acting sluggish and not eating much about a week ago. She's a buff golden, at least 3 years old. We received her as a gift from a neighbor so we're not sure how old she. We've had her for 2 years. 5 days ago we noticed a sour crop so we brought her in to start treatment of...
  15. N

    Doughy crop on 5 week old chick - help please!

    Hi all! I'm raising 16 chicks for the first time and have a very small 5 week old cuckoo marans chick, less than half the size of its hatchmates. I've been keeping an extra eye on it and over the past few days I've withdrawn food from the brooder overnight to double check its crop in the...
  16. B

    Impacted Crop

    Hi All This is my very first post, and the reason for joining BYC... My sweet girl is showing signs of impacted crop. We have 3 Chookies in total. 2 are off the lay, but our Donny is a colossal sized egg laying champ! We thought she may have been egg bound, but on day 4, found she had a small...
  17. Poliwag1

    Commemorating Cuckoo

    !! This is a story celebrating one of my most beloved chickens. There are no graphic photos, but I talk about her passing so please be warned. I'm also not trying to evoke sympathy, I just want to share my story and talk about how brutal the sour crop illness is and how crucial it is to spend...
  18. M

    sour crop fungistat (nystatin) dosage help

    One of my little girls is molting hard for the first time, and her immune system is down. She ended up getting what initially seemed to be an impacted or slow crop but became fungal (I can see white stuff in her throat). I have the nystatin already, I just don't know what to dose her with as...
  19. T

    Can you consume the meat of a chicken that had sour crop?

    As the title says. We have a chicken with a crop issue that has been repeatedly improving and then getting worse. An impaction that we seemed to clear successfully, then turned into pendulous crop and now seeming sour. No treatments seem like they’ve helped so we’re at the point of considering...
  20. N

    Help - 3 weeks of diarrhea. Nothing has worked!

    Hi all, long time chicken keeper and BYC forums and articles have helped me save countless chickens over the years. I have a black sex-linked hybrid chicken who is an older lady, about 8 at this point. For the last 3 weeks she has had almost completely clear, very watery diarrhea. Prior to...
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