Hen has difficulty drinking; resort to snow

[chickens really]

I am familiar with sour crop, though I thought it was the cause of consuming bad water. Will feeding her wet food risk crop issues?

Give her normal dry feed..What happens is that they consume too much wet feed and not enough grit..Example a free range bird without access to water or grit gets impacted crop..Sour crop is caused from roosting at night with a Crop full of veg and water without grit consumed that sits in the crop....

 

[alanawesen]

Give her normal dry feed..What happens is that they consume too much wet feed and not enough grit..Example a free range bird without access to water or grit gets impacted crop..Sour crop is caused from roosting at night with a Crop full of veg and water without grit consumed that sits in the crop....

Good to know- thank you! I will try to get her to drink the "slushy" as you recommended earlier.

 

[chickens really]

Good to know- thank you! I will try to get her to drink the "slushy" as you recommended earlier.

Best wishes...

 

[aart]

Not buying the wet feed causes sour crop.
Grit works in gizzard, not crop.
Long grasses and/or not drinking enough.... maybe.
So make it really wet...I'm assuming you are feeding crumble or pellets?

 

[alanawesen]

Not buying the wet feed causes sour crop.
Grit works in gizzard, not crop.
Long grasses and/or not drinking enough.... maybe.
So make it really wet...I'm assuming you are feeding crumble or pellets?

Yes, they are fed crumble

 

[ChickenGirl555]

Thank you for recommending these people

Usually if I can't help with something, I'll try to help this way

 

[BantyChooks]

Not buying the wet feed causes sour crop.
Grit works in gizzard, not crop.
Long grasses and/or not drinking enough.... maybe.
So make it really wet...I'm assuming you are feeding crumble or pellets?

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