sour crop

  1. 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...
  2. 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
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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
  12. 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...
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    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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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