sour crop

  1. B

    3 wk old chick severe sour crop? Help

    Hello- my little girl who had wry neck already and a rupture air sac(that I “popped”) in her short life and impacted crop now I believe has sour crop! She has a huge balloon in her crop (center of chest, don’t think it’s an air sac) and is vomiting often. She’s clearly starving but can’t hold...
  2. Lala425

    Help!! My chicken has sour crop!

    Hello everyone, I have a two year old chicken who is suffering from sour crop. I have been reading all of the suggestion and feel like I have tried everything. I'm not sure what to do next. I noticed my hen had a weird crop spasm one night when I was putting them to bed, so I took her in and...
  3. NatureGirl74

    Sour crop?

    I went to check for eggs and found one of my hens licking her beak a lot. Then, she put her head down and a little clear fluid came out. She started licking her beak again after that. She's still eating and drinking. She acts like all of the other chickens. Does she have sour crop? What should I...
  4. D

    Bulging crop hard, chicken lethargic

    I have a buff orpington hen, the smallest of the bunch, who got into a bag of whole corn, possibly alfalfa pellets and grit I think. The day after, her crop was massive and hard. Today she is less lethargic but seems to have a similiar size crop. I don’t want to do surgery!! Is there a solution...
  5. Three Musketeers

    HOW TO TREAT SOUR CROP - (SEEMINGLY EFFECTIVE - UPDATED)

    Updated: March, 17th 2021. Hi all, This is my first post on this forum, so hopefully I am posting this in the right section. *DISCLAIMER [1]: I'd like to start off by stating that it is always best to go to a veterinarian - specifically one specialized in poultry if possible. I am currently...
  6. Fuzzy Chicky Mama

    URGENT HELP Chicken Post-op Crop Surgery

    I performed surgery an hour ago to remove the impaction in my year-old Silkie's crop because she looked like she was on deaths doorstep when I woke up this morning. I found out she was sick two days ago when she became lethargic, I started her on antibiotics for sour crop yesterday. I sanitized...
  7. Three Musketeers

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  8. M

    How long to feel better after sour crop recovery?

    Hello! I've been using the wonderful info from this site for the past three years, and this is my very first post! Question: I noticed I had a lethargic chicken last Tuesday - wouldn't even come out for mealworms. When I picked her up, she had the telltale squishy crop - not super big, but...
  9. Clucking_Caramel

    Vomiting hen not eating and is weak

    My hen Pearl was eating less and less, so we brought her inside. My stepdad noticed her crop was squishy, and pressed on it to see if she'd throw up. According to him it was A LOT and it was yellow and smelled badly. Then, a sac of orange came out of her mouth like a blob, that splattered on the...
  10. Lacy Duckwing

    Sour Crop

    I think Jewels my Speckled Sussex has Sour Crop. This is what's been going on with her: Extremely liquidy poop (which stinks really bad), extreme thirst, she will just randomly twitches her head to one side like she's chocking but she's not, she'll randomly puke liquid and drink it back up, she...
  11. mclautenbach

    Chicken update/ x-ray for not laying and full crop

    So I wanted to share this photo as a word of warning to everyone who has a lot of backyard space with possibly things that could injure chickens. I had NO idea that chickens would eat tiny scraps of hardware cloth, and I thought i was pretty diligent about picking them up. Dahlia started off...
  12. E

    What should a chicken’s breath smell like?

    Hi all! Just a bit nervous about sour crop. My girl Chichi was sitting on my leg when she adjusted her crop, like when they do that big “yawn.” I smelt a quick whiff of something sour, but then while holding her and trying to sniff her breath I smelt nothing. Her crop also doesn’t feel full but...
  13. Inkisevidence

    Impacted or sour crop?

    I'm back with another unhealthy chicken. I have never worked with sour or impacted crop, but my chicken has one of the two. Today I noticed her standing with her eyes closed by the waterer constantly drinking and swallowing compulsively. I tossed out meal worms and she didn't even run over. She...
  14. M

    2 Year Old Hen with Cancer and Sour Crop

    My 2 year old sapphire gem hen, Goosey, has had many problems this year. In April, we were told by a vet, after removing quite a large amount of ascites fluid from her abdomen, that she most likely has cancer, as well as a broken chest bone that we didn't even notice and have no idea when it...
  15. BerkeleyKnitter

    Suspected Sour Crop - best home treatment?

    I have 2 sick hens - see backround info below. One seems very sick, won't stand up, eat, or drink. I made a vet appt - BUT the earliest I can get is 4 days away, so I'm trying alternate home treatment. I have a flock of 6 hens in my backyard, 2-3 years old & all different breeds. We live in an...
  16. chickenchicklady

    Is this sour crop?

    Is this sour crop? It’s very squishy.. I’ve been massaging it every hour or so.. I went out of town and came back to this. Poor chick seems so uncomfortable, you can see she’s puffed out and her head is tucked in. I’ve separated her and have been giving her water only.. she also has pretty green...
  17. Barredrocker99

    Crop surgery

    Hello!! Regarding my BR that has not seemed to be doing well, I have discovered her crop is definitely impacted. It is about the size of a tennis ball, hard as a rock, and not emptying at night. I could not induce vomiting, and I don’t want to try again as the mass in her crop feels quite large...
  18. thecarmiearmy

    Hen has sour crop and impacted crop!!! She has lost weight!!!!!

    Lavender Orpington, a little over 1 year old, not sure on exact weight but she's lighter than normal. We think she's started to lose weight due to the blockage. For the past week she's been lethargic and even falling asleep while standing up when she's outside free-ranging. I noticed her acting...
  19. Emrosenagel

    sour crop?

    Hello! While checking my chickens' crops, I found that one had a very squishy crop compared to the others. I hadn't noticed before because she acts perfectly fine, but now I'm concerned after looking it up. I went back in the morning to check if it was empty and it did feel flatter. Does anyone...
  20. Lovem all

    Triple Emergencies!!! Help help help

    Okay so i have 3 big problems rn. So I went to collect the eggs and noticed my 10 year old barred rock chicken combs was in a weird position on the ground, looking very tired, breathing irregular, and the position she had was almost like she wanted to lay an egg. Her crop was empty so I took...
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