sour crop

  1. jomary2013

    Monistat 7 cream dosage for sour crop?

    my chicken has sour crop and I want to give her Monistat but don’t know the right dosage, the one I bought come in a tube. Do I give her a pea size amount? Also I’ve seen some post say 3x a day or 1x a day?
  2. Americauna

    Chicken has a squishy crop but I am not sure if it is sour crop

    I own 6 chickens, and when I picked up one of them today, I noticed their chest was squishy, almost like a water balloon. I knew this was a symptom for sour crop so I went and felt my other chickens crop, and theirs seemed fairly squishy as well. They live in a large run with no grass, mostly...
  3. SonnyPon

    Hen Dying!! Sour crop/reproductive issue? UPDATED

    (Pic from Friday) Hi all! I have a hen named Daisy and she is very very deathly ill. She is 7 years old and grew Rooster plumage, spurs, and comb over this summer. Then a few days ago she began acting sick. She wasn’t walking much, acted sleepy and when she tipped her head down she would yank it...
  4. mb929

    Sour Crop :( is she healing?

    Hi all. I am a first time chicken keeper in my hens are about 7 months old. they have just started laying eggs. One of my hens is definitely dealing with sour crop. I have made sure it’s not an egg bound issue. She is drooling water, watery diarrhea, lethargic and soft squishy crop. We isolated...
  5. BreakneckRedneck

    Impacted/Sour/Any ideas?

    Hi all! Hope everyone is well. Hoping to find some answers regarding my sweet hen Cheeseburger. She seems to be having some crop issues, but I can’t decide if it’s impacted/sour/some other mystery thing. It’s fluctuated in size the past few days, but has always been too full too early in the...
  6. L

    Please help! Worms and impacted crop

    Hello everyone, I am new here as I’ve only had my precious hens for 6 weeks but have found all forums extremely helpful so thanks in advance for any replies! Unfortunately one of my babies (ex battery Rhodey) has impacted/sour crop and worms. After feeling a hard lump that didn’t disappear...
  7. IHeartChickens10

    Sour Crop After 24 Hours. PLEASE help!

    I really need help. So, we found out my chick has sour crop, and for 24 hours we've been giving her ACV, probiotics and electrolytes. We did give her the tiniest bit of mashed hard boiled egg cause she had been looking pretty weak. The 24 hours are up and she is still soo swollen. I don't want...
  8. M

    Help! Chicken Aspirated while draining sour crop!

    Hello all, I’m new to raising chickens. My girls are only 16 weeks old. I need help. The last 24 hours, I noticed that my French Black Copper Maran had a ballooned crop that felt squishy. Tonight when doing evening chores, I picked her up to see how her crop felt and liquid came out of her...
  9. C

    Tips on what dosage for monistat and what I should give her to eat

    My chicken started with symptoms of just sitting down and not eating, she lost weight. I noticed her crop wouldn’t empty even though she wasn’t eating. I massaged it for 3 days it got smaller way smaller but it felt like she has some small dough inside her. She has been eating blueberries and...
  10. L

    Buff seems to have sour crop but not improving w/treatment

    Hi! I have a lavender buff who is 1.25 years old. A few weeks ago she starting acting lethargic and did a lot of neck craning. Thought maybe excess grass clippings resulted in sour crop as her crop would not deflate after fasting and felt like a water balloon. She perked up after a few days...
  11. Relleoms

    Hen hasn’t pooped in over 2 days

    I found our 5 year old Easter Egger sitting in the nesting box two nights ago, and thinking she was egg bound, brought her in the house for observation. She had very dirty tail feathers and upon inspection, I did not feel an egg stuck so I gave her a tums and let her sleep for the night. In the...
  12. jomary2013

    Sour crop. How do you know if it’s completely gone?

    Last Monday I noticed my chicken had no energy and Tuesday -Saturday she just sat down barely drank water and didn’t eat her food. Since Friday I’ve been massaging her crop, gave her olive oil and ACV. Her crop has gotten way smaller but is still just a little full in the morning. Since...
  13. jomary2013

    Chicken has sour crop. Crop feels like a bean bag?

    so my chicken has not been acting the same since Monday. Sits most of the day not eating drinks some water. Symptoms sound like sour crop. Her crop doesn’t empty in the morning. Yesterday I started massaging her crop and while I was doing that it felt like a bean bag or filled with beads. Is...
  14. arstarr

    Full Crop Won't Clear

    I noticed about two weeks ago that my 16 week old pullet had an enlarged crop. No worries, didn't think much of it. I only noticed because she started to make a gesture like she was gagging (I know chickens can't gag, but that was what it looked like). Went on a vacation and came back, and it...
  15. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Help! EYP and water ballon crop - oral antibiotics?

    My chicken developed EYP, and I've been treating her with baytril 10 (oral). However, at the onset of EYP her crop swelled up and stopped emptying. It isn't sour crop (yet) as there's no smell, but she's drinking lots of water and it--along with the meds--seem to just be sitting in her crop...
  16. M

    Chick has air and “jell” in puffy crop

    I have a Black Copper Marans that is about 2 months old. She has a huge swollen crop, with the water balloon feel, and has been this way for about a month. I’ve done everything I’ve read to do - massage it, burp her, feed her oil, apple cider vinegar, oregano, grit. Her brother had something...
  17. M

    Mystery injury

    I have a little barred rock rooster who is on the small side and is around over 3 months old now I think. He started limping one day and it seemed to come and go, then I noticed him making a pain noise while drinking water so I checked his crop and he seemed to have sour crop. I massaged his...
  18. asher42069

    Help!! Possible Cocci and Swelled Crop/Sour Crop? Pics attached

    On Saturday I noticed one of my silkies had a swollen crop, not hard, balloon like. She has had ACV in her water since, I’ve given her some warm water mixed with veg oil, massaging her crop whenever I get a chance from neck to breast, and started monistat on Monday 2x a day. Monday I noticed two...
  19. S

    Crop issue - pendulous, sour, partially obstructed? Where to start?

    I'm a little unsure where to start with my chicken's crop issues, so appreciate any tips! We've had chickens for 3 years, first time to have an issue. Chicken (named Banana) is 1 year old, Easter Egger mix of some sort. She has had a large crop that empties slowly for months. I thought it was...
  20. K

    I thought sour crop, but my girl eats and drinks all day long

    Initially my girl’s crop didn’t deflate overnight and she had stinky breath. I started giving her yogurt then a few days later a small amount of monisat, non toxic kind. The crop is deflating overnight now and no smell. Her diarrhea was a greenish purple after I fed her fermented food for the...
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