I want to suck the sour crop liquid out with a feeding tube from my chicken's crop but

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hayley3 said:
I was just wondering if anyone has done this and knows how far down the tube should be inserted. I watched a video, and she put the tubing in but she could not pull the syringe out which I felt she was hitting something solid or was it because she didn't push air in first...idk.
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If the situation is critical and the assumption that it's straight forward sour crop is wrong, or even if it isn't, might not crop surgery, which has been successfully done and there are videos and advice on how to do it available, be a better option. You would have the benefit of being able to see the crop contents as well as being able to clean it out properly.
You may not be up for it and I wouldn't blame you; I've never done it and I'm not sure I could, so bear this in mind when and if you consider the option.
 
Shadrach said:
If the situation is critical and the assumption that it's straight forward sour crop is wrong, or even if it isn't, might not crop surgery, which has been successfully done and there are videos and advice on how to do it available, be a better option. You would have the benefit of being able to see the crop contents as well as being able to clean it out properly.
You may not be up for it and I wouldn't blame you; I've never done it and I'm not sure I could, so bear this in mind when and if you consider the option.
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@azygous has. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/emergency-crop-surgery-question.1607576/post-27944019

Another comprehensive explanation a member shared they had followed that worked for them: https://www.greenwillowhomestead.com/blog/how-to-operate-on-your-chickens-impacted-crop
 
SkyAJK said:
That stubborn sour crop!
I had been in your shoes now so many times so I hear you loud and clear.

In desperation I had tip her over while gentle massage her crop toward her head for a very short time, liquid came out and I put her straight back up, her face and comb turned almost black . That was near death!!!!! It eased the balloon sour crop a bit. Non of the my hens died from this procedure as I was very quick, but it was high risk and in desperation I did that.

Some of my hens end up passed away, not from that procedure, but from some sort of ill health that stop the crop from ever be emptied, their system shutdown so crop stopped working and turned sour. I only came to this after they passed.

I am tagging some Educators here to assist you.
@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

Thinking of you and your hen❤️
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Yes I've killed 2 hens..one hen died just by massaging her crop, it killed her. So that's too risky for me.
 
Shadrach said:
If the situation is critical and the assumption that it's straight forward sour crop is wrong, or even if it isn't, might not crop surgery, which has been successfully done and there are videos and advice on how to do it available, be a better option. You would have the benefit of being able to see the crop contents as well as being able to clean it out properly.
You may not be up for it and I wouldn't blame you; I've never done it and I'm not sure I could, so bear this in mind when and if you consider the option.
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My vet wouldn't even consider the crop surgery. And that's a bit above me, I think..
 

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