Help! Hens with sour crop, they are getting THINNER!

[cuteychickens15]

Feeling their crops today, the liquid seems to have gone, they seem to all have food pellets in there. The pellets are in a compact ball. Maybe it wasn't sour crop?

 

[micstrachan]

@rebrascora, can you answer the question about poultry grade acidified copper sulfate in the UK?

To OP: I recently treated a girl for doughy crop. I really wasn’t sure if it was impacted, sour, slow, or doughy. I finally agreed with @TwoCrows that it was a doughy, based on how the hard mass felt. The crop would get squishy late in the day when she filled up with fluid, but then drain overnight leaving a bit of a mass. The mass itself was kind of hard, but actually a bit pliable. I have been treating aggressively for yeast infection, and she’s made amazing progress.

Anyway, my opinion is that you are dealing with a yeast infection. As @Texas Kiki pointed out, it may be caused by something else, but I would still treat it. Just my 2¢.

Edited for typos.

 

[andreanar]

When I dealt with sour crop, it was undeniable....the putrid smell coming from my hens mouth..eek. And when I picked her up, fluid would run out of her beak.