FattySmough
Songster
Hello everyone.
I'm having issues with a Speckled Sussex hen that has sour crop. For the past few days I noticed that her crop area was a bit swollen, but didn't know that I should be concerned about it. I knew something was wrong yesterday as she tried to go to sleep inside the nest box instead of on the roost, and when I picked her up to move her some dark and very foul smelling liquid came out of her beak and onto my arm. I removed food and water from the coop overnight and checked her crop again in the morning and sure enough, her crop was still full and felt swollen and soft.
Anyways, I started doing research on how to treat sour crop and found lots of different opinions including:
-giving nyastatin, medistatin, or miconazole twice a day orally for a period of one week
-withholding food during the period of treatment
-gently massaging crop area several times a day
I hoped to avoid withholding food from her if possible because that would require me to seperate her from the rest of the flock, (she hates being cooped up by herself.) but I can do that if necessary. If necessary I might be able to find a vet that would see her but I want to avoid that if possible.
Does anyone have any ideas on which of these methods are best? What have you guys done to successfully treat sour crop in your chickens? Please share what you know with me. Thanks in advance.
I'm having issues with a Speckled Sussex hen that has sour crop. For the past few days I noticed that her crop area was a bit swollen, but didn't know that I should be concerned about it. I knew something was wrong yesterday as she tried to go to sleep inside the nest box instead of on the roost, and when I picked her up to move her some dark and very foul smelling liquid came out of her beak and onto my arm. I removed food and water from the coop overnight and checked her crop again in the morning and sure enough, her crop was still full and felt swollen and soft.
Anyways, I started doing research on how to treat sour crop and found lots of different opinions including:
-giving nyastatin, medistatin, or miconazole twice a day orally for a period of one week
-withholding food during the period of treatment
-gently massaging crop area several times a day
I hoped to avoid withholding food from her if possible because that would require me to seperate her from the rest of the flock, (she hates being cooped up by herself.) but I can do that if necessary. If necessary I might be able to find a vet that would see her but I want to avoid that if possible.
Does anyone have any ideas on which of these methods are best? What have you guys done to successfully treat sour crop in your chickens? Please share what you know with me. Thanks in advance.