Hen with Sour crop... Advise

[ChickNanny13]

Keep an eye on her water intake but not to worry too much as she's getting water from the watered down crumble mash. I know this as I ferment my feed & my girls drink water but not like when I fed them dry feed.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Watered down feed will help get fluids into her.
Some birds don't drink a lot anyway, so if she is eating, then I think I would just watch her for a few days and continue treating the sour crop.

 

[colette peters]

Watered down feed will help get fluids into her.
Some birds don't drink a lot anyway, so if she is eating, then I think I would just watch her for a few days and continue treating the sour crop.

Thank you

 

[colette peters]

Keep an eye on her water intake but not to worry too much as she's getting water from the watered down crumble mash. I know this as I ferment my feed & my girls drink water but not like when I fed them dry feed.

I did give my girls fermented “scratch & peck” grains a few times. The first time they went crazy for it, then the second batch did not get finished. And third same thing... not very interested. Do you use filtered water to ferment for three days?

 

[ChickNanny13]

I'm on city water, just from the tap but I "cheated" .... I did ACV 1T/gal water & used some of iit to make my first mix, continued from there. Gave the rest of the ACV/water to the chicks to drink. However, have read that you can just use distilled water & still takes 3 - 4 days, mixing at least 3x day. I've heard of Scratch & Peck but no clue, is it crumbles/pellets or grain?

 

[colette peters]

I'm on city water, just from the tap but I "cheated" .... I did ACV 1T/gal water & used some of iit to make my first mix, continued from there. Gave the rest of the ACV/water to the chicks to drink. However, have read that you can just use distilled water & still takes 3 - 4 days, mixing at least 3x day. I've heard of Scratch & Peck but no clue, is it crumbles/pellets or grain?

I used the Grain variety. I did use distilled and filter water but was told only to use that.
I really like their product. I find their yolks are a much brighter yellow/orange when I use a grain feed vs. a crumble or even pellet feed.

 

[colette peters]

Either way, you need to have a fecal float to check for worms and coccidiosis too.

@Wyorp Rock i just got a message from the vet and her fecal float came back negative! No worms or parasites

 

[colette peters]

@Wyorp Rock her crop was totally empty this morning. No squishy consistency and her poop was primarily a water consistency with very little solid matter. I’ve been only giving her the monistat twice a day (we are on day 4) and watered down crumble that’s it. She’s eating but not very interested in the mash or the water. I feel she’s getting very thin. Do you think I can put her out with the flock??

 

[Wyorp Rock]

@Wyorp Rock her crop was totally empty this morning. No squishy consistency and her poop was primarily a water consistency with very little solid matter. I’ve been only giving her the monistat twice a day (we are on day 4) and watered down crumble that’s it. She’s eating but not very interested in the mash or the water. I feel she’s getting very thin. Do you think I can put her out with the flock??

It's good that the crop was empty this morning
I would still continue with the Monistat for the 7 days.

You are there and know what kind of condition she is in, if you feel that she will do o.k. with the flock, the put her out there and see how it goes.

 

[ChickNanny13]

She's been out of the flock for a few days, keep a close eye on the interaction. Or you could put her in a wire cage w/food & water, in the coop if they pick on her. Hope all goes well