sour crop

  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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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  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. MageofMist

    Can Sour Crop Cause Seizures?

    One of my Serama pullets, Betty, came down with a really bad case of sour crop where she was super lethargic, extending her neck gasping, with gurgling sounds in her crop, squeaking and having fits which included wing beating, jumping up in the air then flipping over on to her back or side with...
  8. B

    What is wrong with my hen ?

    I’m having a really tough time with my ex battery hens and feel everything is going wrong and I can’t help them 😢 one of my girls has been diagnosed with heart failure another an ovarian tumour (although with medication she’s managed to keep going for a year post diagnosis) another I suspect...
  9. Sarahh_Janeyy

    The saga continues... (Sour crop etc)

    Our problem chicken Chipmunk, a speckled sussex, who survived wry neck and feathering issues due to insufficient vitamins and good gut bacteria as a 3 month old, is a year and a half old now and is having issues with sour crop. Here's her backstory...
  10. A

    Help, my hen is sick.

    If anyone has any advice, I would really appreciate it. Monday evening, we noticed one of our six 7-month-old Dorkings acting really strange. Isolating, moving in slow motion, not really foraging when free ranging. Before they went in for the night, I offered some wheat berries and she ate a...
  11. T

    Sour Crop Aspirated - What do I do?

    Hi everyone, My 4-5yr old Bantam hen, Cricket, has been poorly for a couple of weeks. She'd be lethargic and not interested in food, then a couple of hours later be back to normal. I went out to feed her flock yesterday, and she was barely moving, and kept coughing/sneezing. I put her straight...
  12. LemonAid

    Chicken sick for 8 weeks (mystery illness)! Lemon needs help!

    Lemon, our beloved pet chicken, has been sick for over 8 weeks. I've tried nearly everything, but she continues to decline. No bird vets available in the area, so I really need your help! Picture of healthy Lemon (scroll down for pictures of sick Lemon) Main problem: Slow crop / crop...
  13. Inkisevidence

    Two chickens not eating/laying

    I have two chickens that within one day of each other became lethargic and stopped eating and drinking. One had a bubble crop that I assumed was sour crop. The other had an empty crop. I fed water and epsom to them for a few days and they both seemed fine. That was one week ago. Neither have...
  14. T

    Egg bound, vent gleet, or??

    Advice appreciated! My chicken seemed fine then suddenly I noticed today her crop and under her vent were bulging. Either I didn’t notice anything sooner or it came on suddenly. It looks like her feathers are missing or just spread out a bit from the bulging, she has green/yellow diarrhea and...
  15. L

    Chicken can’t close beak - please help!! Canker !

    Hi over the last few days I have noticed my 3 year old chicken can’t close her beak. I thought it was cross beak at first, but now i’m not sure. There is a smell coming from her mouth, but it smells like she has been eating poo, not how i imagine sour crop smells but it could be that. There’s a...
  16. F

    Back again - NEED HELP! PLEASE!

    I posted earlier this morning about our girl, Little. We think she has coccidiosis based on her bloody stool and change in demeanor this morning. We isolated her and gave her corid in the hopes that it will solve the problem. I've been watching her throughout the day (so thankful to be working...
  17. K

    1 week old baby chick with soup crop

    - 1 week old Silver laced Wyandotte chick - sour breath - firm and full crop Possible treatment options? Have any of you guys experienced this with week old chicks? thank you!!
  18. Thesweetbirdsflock

    My Hen might have a Respiratory Infection

    Hi! It’s been a long, long time since I’ve been on here, but my chicken, Abby is very sick. About 3-4 days ago she was acting extremely lethargic and panting excessively. Because the temperatures have been in the 100’s I assume she as just hot. That afternoon I brought her inside to cool off...
  19. M

    Sour crop or??

    Hi! My 10 month old Silkie chickie seemed to have an impacted crop (it was hard) so I gave her apple cider vinegar, olive oil, and massages. It’s not hard anymore, now gushy, and much smaller, but there’s no smell. She drinks water fine, and I gave her a little food since it doesn’t seem...
  20. The_Chicken_Tender

    Rooster vomiting

    We have a young Crevecoeur rooster, and about two day ago I saw him open his beak and a milky white substance came out. Right after that, he was eating and walking around like nothing happened. Today I saw it happen again, but he still seems to be acting completely normal. He is also a Marek's...
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