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Please help he won't eat and he looks tired. I'm so sad bc he's so sweet and only six month old His poop is a runny yellow too. Any tips could help. Thanks!!
Impacted crop is big and hard, where a sour crop is big and puffy, and may have a bad smell from the beak. Crop impaction can occur with eating long strands of grass that gets stuck, or from eating a large piece of food that won't go through. Sour crop can happen after a long period of impacted crop and can be fungal or bacterial. Both of these are best treated by giving a lot of water and massaging the crop, and no whole grains, but only mushy food like wet mash, yogurt, applesauce, and eggs. Here are a couple of links to read: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/answers-from-chicken-vet-on-impacted.html
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/702383/impacted-crop-symptoms