Chick with sour crop?

[Egg_cited]

Today I just checked on my chicks that I got yesterday from tractor supplies all there crops emptied except one. It was squishy so I mushed it around a bit and she spit out white liquid/slime. Is it sour crop?

 

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[Duckduckchicken32]

Hi! I would give her 1/4 of a teaspoon apple cider vinegar mixed with some water. You can give to her with a syringe and in her waterer. Go slow and make sure she does not aspirate. After carefully massage the crop downward slowly. Repeat this three times a day. I hope this helps!

 

[Duckduckchicken32]

If you go to articles, click on learning center then on emergency and disease, it will come up with how to administer liquid medicine with a syringe. I am not sure how to put a link in a thread yet.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Today I just checked on my chicks that I got yesterday from tractor supplies all there crops emptied except one. It was squishy so I mushed it around a bit and she spit out white liquid/slime. Is it sour crop?

How are you brooding the chicks - with a heat lamp or brooder plate?
Inside of the brooder photos would be good.

I would see to it that she's eating/drinking well and get a look at her poop.
Take care when manipulating a crop on such a tiny chick that she doesn't aspirate when mushing it around.

 

[Egg_cited]

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How are you brooding the chicks - with a heat lamp or brooder plate?
Inside of the brooder photos would be good.

I would see to it that she's eating/drinking well and get a look at her poop.
Take care when manipulating a crop on such a tiny chick that she doesn't aspirate when mushing it around.

It has actually went down alot. I'm using a brooder plate. Her crop isnt very big theres just one part on her side that is bigger.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Since you're using a brooder plate, the chicks should be sleeping all night. Take out the food/water tonight when they go to sleep around dusk, then check her crop first thing in the morning to see if it's emptied. Then put the food/water back.

 

[Egg_cited]

Since you're using a brooder plate, the chicks should be sleeping all night. Take out the food/water tonight when they go to sleep around dusk, then check her crop first thing in the morning to see if it's emptied. Then put the food/water back.

Alright! I did take out the food but not the water last time so I'll do it this time