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Wow!  A girl !  I wouldn't know the first thing about what to do with a girl, let alone a princess!  :D




You may already have your answers, but this site is very good and easy.  http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2013/06/natural-treatments-for-sour-crop.html

Sour crop is a yeast infection and you need to empty the crop to cure it.  So NO FOOD, no sugars of any kind including ACV.  The yeast feeds on sugars found in grains, etc. 

This is from the website:

  • Withhold water for the first 12 hours
  • Withhold food for 24 hours
  • After the first 12 hours, give only clear, clean water with no additives
  • At this point I release the bird but I continue observation  [COLOR=0000CD](This is if the crop has emptied after 24 hrs)[/COLOR]
If the crop does not empty after the first 24 hours:
  • I give the bird only clean water and try to get the crop empty to start treatment
  • Do not feed the bird any solid food at all until the crop is empty. If it is not empty there is a reason. Adding more volume (food) is not going to help
  • Use a dropper to give olive or coconut oil
  • Massage the crop

If the crop swells up again
  • Confine the bird to the coop
  • I again withhold water for 12 hours and food for 24 hours - you need that crop emptied for treatment to work.
  • I massage the crop if it feels hard and impacted. If it is squishy I do a little massaging to get things moving.
 After the crop empties:
  • I feed them eggs with a tablespoon of plain yogurt. I just smash the whole egg… shells and all - and stir in the yogurt.
  • I observe for the next 24 hours.
  • They are offered plain fresh water at all times.
  • After 24 hours, if the crop has emptied, I add plain grain to the eggs.
  • I observe for another 24 hours.
 
I do not do much messing with sour crop. [COLOR=0000CD]Sometimes they get something lodged in there that needs time to get out.[/COLOR] I can usually feel it from the outside and massage it out.
Thank you so much. I need to get the acv outta there then.
 
Talked to the NPIP guy. He's awesome! A wealth of info, clearly passionate about what he's doing. He's going to talk to DHH about getting my eggs in the kitchen. :yesss: Super good experience with all that process so far.

He said since my flock is small they'll be testing every single bird, including the guineas. So now I have to catch my guineas. :rant BUT he said as long as proper quarantine practices are used, I can purchase birds from anywhere. So I can still go to auctions! :weee
 
How else will they know its a bad idea? Same thing with fire, ya play with it and you're gonna get burnt........and it's gonna hurt like the dickens when you do.
exactly. If you tell them not to do something that makes them want to more.


I got a t-shirt that says " GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE DADDY'S WITH LITTLE GIRLS DO" I wear it everywhere LOL
I gotta get a shirt like that.
 
Talked to the NPIP guy. He's awesome! A wealth of info, clearly passionate about what he's doing. He's going to talk to DHH about getting my eggs in the kitchen. :yesss: Super good experience with all that process so far.

He said since my flock is small they'll be testing every single bird, including the guineas. So now I have to catch my guineas. :rant BUT he said as long as proper quarantine practices are used, I can purchase birds from anywhere. So I can still go to auctions! :weee
:celebrate. That's great camping.
 
I've been telling everyone this and no one believes me. You must be a genius yourself for understanding me.
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