sour crop

  1. YamYam

    Treating quail sour crop?!

    I have a quail which I think has sour crop, all she had been doing for the past few days has been drinking water. I bought miconazole today but im completely confused with how much I should give her, anyone know? So far I have given her some apple cider vinegar in her water and had the quail...
  2. R

    Crop issue in chick?

    So this year we had a very bad brooder experience, and I suspected the feed to be the cause but it could just as easily have been bad incubation as we had a cold snap and even with full heat on the house had trouble staying warm. I switched away from the organic starter I used last year to a...
  3. NatureGirl74

    I think my chicken has sour crop

    When I went out to feed my chickens this morning I noticed that one had a really dirty butt. I caught her and looked her over. Her crop is full and squishy. Sometimes her crop doesn't fully empty overnight and she still has a little food in it in the morning, but it's never been full. If we can...
  4. I

    Inflamed large crop? Any help?

    That's an upclose picture of her crop, she isn't really tired or anything? Eating normally, but her crop feels kinda big?
  5. AngelinaThePekin8

    8 year old hen with sour crop? I need help treating it.

    So I noticed today that one of my oldest hens has a "bulging" crop and won't eat but drinks a lot of water. I have read this article a few times already. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-treat-sour-crop-and-impacted-crop-and-how-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ I...
  6. ChurchsChickens

    Not sure if we're dealing with Sour Crop... UPDATE: Yup, sour crop.

    Hi all! Not having great luck with my first little backyard flock… My chickens came home on Wednesday 4/27, and as soon as the next day I noticed our Easter Egger doing some weird movements with her head & neck - sort of squiggle stretching it out long, and opening her beak. I was out of town...
  7. C

    Trouble with sour crop

    One of my chickens, Caramel, has had sour crop for couple of days. I have isolated her from the rest of the flocki order to treat her. I fed her only water for nearly a day but and in morning her crop is mostly empty, though a small amount of food refuses to leave the crop. I know making her...
  8. saving grace

    Duckling with Sour Crop

    I'm pretty sure my 3-week old duckling has sour crop. I noticed one was acting different today - lethargic, not keeping up with the group, chirping constantly. The duckling is also quite smaller, maybe half the size of the other ducks. I picked the duck up to look for any signs of illness and I...
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    • 3 week duck duckling lethargic sour crop sour crop treatment
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    • Forum: Ducks
  9. G

    Bloody poop and swollen crop. Help!

    Two sick chickens, about 10-12 weeks old. 2 have already died. It started with one sick looking lethargic chicken, we I picked her up fluid came out her mouth. I vomited her and then brought her inside overnight giving her only water thinking it was sour crop. She had very watery poop, by the...
  10. C

    Chicken with Sour Crop again

    Hello, I have a almost 4 year old ISA brown chicken. On Friday, I noticed her crop was enlarged and when I massages it, some green sour liquid came out. I got her to vomit most of it, then I gave her Epsom salt in water, and coconut oil. By yesterday she seemed to be better, and even though I...
  11. ThatTeowonna

    Update of Safe Guard Withdrawal Period, Yogurt Use in Chickens, & More

    Hello Fellow Chicken Lovers. A mobile livestock vet just left my home after inspecting my flock of 24 chickens. I have one white leghorn that has a serious case of gurgling and other weird sounds. The rest are sneezing and making unusual sounds also. This has been going on for a little less than...
  12. X

    Help ! Sour crop

    I adopted some chickens and added them to my tiny flock .. I didn’t realize all the ways chickens could get sick . Recently I lost my Handsome boy, my rooster. I noticed that all of my hens have sour crop .. I was able to help one with just water and oil .. massaging . But now I see it’s the...
  13. tjmb1414

    Hen recovered from sour crop and going back to coop in cold weather

    Good Morning, One of my hens has thankfully recovered from sour crop. However, she’s been in my bathroom for the past 12 days & I’m worried about putting her back in the coop after being in warmer temperatures for so long. I’m in Ballston Spa, NY and nights are very cold here. I just want to...
  14. F

    Soft shelled eggs and impacted crop issue?

    A few days ago my hen Angel started to lay soft shell eggs The next day I noticed her crop wasn't empty in the morning she doesn't eat or drink anything She's less active how can I help her? I gave her a warm Epsom salt bath and massage her crop
  15. jabou29

    Sour Crop?

    Hello guys, I’m new to raising chicks and one of my Ameraucanas has an enlarged crop. The other chick does not and I noticed it enlarged yesterday afternoon and I believed it was because he or she is a bit of a fast eater but today I’ve noticed when I got home that it hasn’t gone down. I did...
  16. B

    Dougie crop treatment help please

    Hello My ex battery hen has had some ongoing crop issues which we have previously touch wood managed to fix. However the last two days her crop has filled up again this time however it feels like dough rather than a hard mass or liquid and sour. I’ve read doughy crop is a separate issue but...
  17. I

    Quail not feeling well - PLEASE READ

    My 3 mo. old pet California quail, Gumdrop, is usually very vivacious. Just today I noticed signs that he wasn't feeling himself like being fluffed out, not nearly as active or talkative, hunkered down, and closing his eyes. He had no signs of being sick yesterday (making his calling noise...
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    • coccidiosis quail sour crop ulcerative enteritis
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    • Forum: Quail
  18. CajunChooks

    Hen Heaving/Convulsing (as if to vomit)

    So, I know they can't exactly vomit, just trying to be descriptive of the weird movement my 15 month old hen is making - I am attaching a video here of a few instances for you to see. It has been 2 days now. Yesterday, I grabbed her and felt her crop - it was wide/spread out, somewhat empty and...
  19. C

    Sour Crop In Chickens 101

    Sour Crop in Chickens What is Sour Crop? Sour Crop is a yeast infection in the crop. Sour Crop is caused by a disruption of the normal bacteria that inhabit the crop with an overgrowth of Candida Albicans (a fungal species). The issue is caused when the crop does not fully empty. This may...
  20. queenie_29

    Please help! Crop has not emptied overnight

    Hi, I am a first time chicken owner and this morning I noticed that our 29 wk old GLW's crop has not emptied. When I felt it, it is kind of soft around the outside and hard in the middle. I have attached a few photos of her from this morning, please help as she is usually the most lively but...
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