Huge, Pendulous Crop...video

[Eelantha]

I would use a bit of dish soap and then lots of clean water.

Here in the USA the chemicals they ate allowed to use are supposed to be environmentally friendly. But that doesn't account for a motorist with an oil leak.

Dish soap it is then. Hopefully the grit will help my hen's crop digest the food more quickly... at least until I can find pure grit in the capital. I know there are other backyarders in Quebec; if I can spot one, there's high chances they could tell me where they buy grit for their chickens.

 

[Cryss]

Info from post by azygous:
"Treatment for sour crop
I advise against trying to make your chicken vomit because it may cause them to aspirate the sour liquid. Besides, it's very unpleasant for your hen, and she may hate you if you do it. (Curiously, most sour crop victims are hens.)

Nystatin is the best treatment for yeast infections, but it requires a prescription. Or you can try to locate medistatin which is for birds and doesn't require a prescription.

The easiest (and cheapest) to obtain yeast treatment, though, is miconazole, found on the women's hygiene shelf in the pharmacy. You can use either the suppositories or the vaginal cream. Measure a quarter inch of suppository or about half an inch of cream and give orally twice a day for seven days. Do not stop treatment before the full seven days are completed or the yeast may return.

Following treatment for sour crop, offer plenty of plain fresh water and boiled egg to get the crop operating again. I like to also give a probiotic or Greek yogurt to restore good microbes in crop and intestines."

 

[RedMoxie]

Thanks! So, I fasted her for 24 hours. Her crop went down considerably, but continues to feel different than the other hens--like a deflated beanbag, though almost empty except for the modest amount of grit. I'm going to reintroduce her to the gen pop and see how it goes tomorrow.

There are still no signs of yeast, but I'm going to keep a close eye.