Hen has sour crop and impacted crop!!! She has lost weight!!!!!

[thecarmiearmy]

Grit is an important item to include in treatment of impacted crop. It won't hurt for sour crop, but it isn't going to have a direct effect.

Miconazole is an anti-fungal med and very effective, low cost, easily available without a prescription in most places, especially the USA.

People get confused about feeding during crop treatment. If the issue is impacted crop where the crop is already stuffed with solid food and other organic matter, putting more food into a chicken isn't going to help matters. Giving food to a chicken with sour crop is okay as long as it's low in carbs as sugars feed Candida.

I've found that a chicken with impacted crop will usually drink a lot of water and turn down food, while a chicken with sour crop will eat food, but turn down water. This is generally. Individual mileage may vary.

If in doubt as to whether or not to feed a chicken with a crop disorder, offer foods such as dry feed, boiled egg, or yogurt, make water available, and let the chicken decide if and when she wants to eat and drink.

Thank you SO so much!!! ❤ You and the community have been a tremendous help with Courage's recovery. I've never had a sick chicken before, so this was a huge scare for me. Especially when one night she looked like she was on the brink of death.

Courage is doing a lot better now. We think she's had sour crop for a while, because she'd lost weight and now has pendulous crop. But we've fitted her with a homemade crop bra until her fancy one comes in the mail. And she's very happy to be back on her chicken feed. We're keeping up with the 7 day Miconazole treatment. Fingers crossed!

Also, I imagine there's tells for when a chicken no longer has sour crop. Does the bloating go down, along with the liquids inside? The squishiness. And the hen probably won't smell so sour anymore?

 

[thecarmiearmy]

Blodwyn, she is the plymouth rock, feeling a little better, tail feathers up and not so fluffed out

EEEEEE I LOVE HER!!! What a beautiful lady! I love all of your other chickens as well. Also WOW what a beautiful yard!!! So green hahaha