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AggieKat
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Well here we are again back with another case of infection and subsequent sour crop with Sirius I think itās possible she may have been laying and then an egg went awry in her system. She started laying down a lot more a few weeks ago and puffing up, so I felt her abdomen under her vent and it was VERY sensitive to her. Called my vet and got another round of Clavamox, which seemed to start to help but then she became even more lethargic. Now we are dealing with sour crop from the antibiotics. She is on about day 5 of twice a day miconozole with little improvement. Wondering if this is just going to be a recurrent cycle with her reproductive issues and I should let her pass? Or cull myself? It sucks because she is the head hen and then my other Australorp hen Pepper will be the only one until the 10 week olds grow up.Glad she's doing better!
It's possible that she's come into lay after getting through this period of decline.
I also think my other full grown hen, Pepper has sour crop. She is still doing fine-eating, drinking, and layingā¦can I just massage her crop and see if it gets moving or do I need to treat with miconozole also?
Is sour crop common or am I just having bad luck with my flock?