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azygous said:
A sour crop doesn't necessarily always smell. And vets don't always know what's best for chickens. This is why we have this place to come to for advice. Many of us have been caring for our chickens for a decade and more without the luxury of a vet to treat them when they turn up sick or injured. So we've learned quite a lot about what works and what doesn't, and we're still learning.

Sour crop can make a chicken very ill, and if it goes too long untreated, it can spread down into the lower digestive tract as well. Once this happens, the chicken is going to be slowly starving to death.

A doughy crop in the morning is a sign that the crop is in need of treatment. I urge you to go ahead and give the oil that @Eggcessive suggested, and then begin treating with miconazole. You can get it at any pharmacy where the women's products are shelved.

Read this for further information on how to treat. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ I also suggest you provide grit to this little patient if you haven't already.
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Thank you so much! I completely agree about the vet. I felt more assured because he was familiar with birds. He raised chickens at one time and currently has a parrot, but still...I absolutely trust this group more. Having had 2 other hens with sour crop, this is different. I'm not saying it isn't sour crop, but it is definitely different. My other hens weren't this weak suddenly and weren't breathing heavy. They were also dribbling out liquid when you would pick them up. Annabelle can barely stand. One day she was fine and 2 days later so weak she couldn't stand. 😥. I'm definitely trying what you all have suggested with the coconut oil and miconazole. I will try anything to help her. Thank you!
 
azygous said:
A sour crop doesn't necessarily always smell. And vets don't always know what's best for chickens. This is why we have this place to come to for advice. Many of us have been caring for our chickens for a decade and more without the luxury of a vet to treat them when they turn up sick or injured. So we've learned quite a lot about what works and what doesn't, and we're still learning.

Sour crop can make a chicken very ill, and if it goes too long untreated, it can spread down into the lower digestive tract as well. Once this happens, the chicken is going to be slowly starving to death.

A doughy crop in the morning is a sign that the crop is in need of treatment. I urge you to go ahead and give the oil that @Eggcessive suggested, and then begin treating with miconazole. You can get it at any pharmacy where the women's products are shelved.

Read this for further information on how to treat. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ I also suggest you provide grit to this little patient if you haven't already.
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I read where you give the miconazole orally. What is the best way to do that exactly. I'm imagining a mess.
 
azygous said:
Being so weak, she may need to be tube fed if she isn't eating on her own. It's pretty easy once you have the tubing and syringe. We can guide you. Let's try to improve her crop first, though.
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I agree. She is so very weak at this point. At what point do you know it's time to stop the suffering? Nothing is improving and I don't know that she can last the 7 days it will take to treat a yeast infection. I wish I had started that a week ago. 💔 I feel like the trip to the vet and the antibiotic he gave was the wrong call. I'm just sick.
 
Has she eaten the pieces of coconut oil yet? It harden in a few minutes in the freezer to cut into small pieces. Her crop sounds more doughy and impacted slightly than sour, but the longer it is like that, it could become sour and puffy like a balloon. While it is doughy you can massage, but if it gets puffy, do not massage.

Azygous recommends 1/2 inch of miconazole cream or 1/4 of a suppository 2 times a day. Here is her crop article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/
 
Eggcessive said:
Has she eaten the pieces of coconut oil yet? It harden in a few minutes in the freezer to cut into small pieces. Her crop sounds more doughy and impacted slightly than sour, but the longer it is like that, it could become sour and puffy like a balloon. While it is doughy you can massage, but if it gets puffy, do not massage.

Azygous recommends 1/2 inch of miconazole cream or 1/4 of a suppository 2-3 times a day. Here is her crop article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/
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I am going to have to try the coconut oil and massage again tonight as I am at work now. It still feels very doughy.
 
Give the oil and micanazole a couple of days to work. Yes, it may come to euthanazia, but I've seen cases like this respond miraculously. Chickens can sometimes come back from the brink and surprise you. We have other tricks up our sleeves to try before we call it quits.
 
It's better to have loved a hen and lost her than to have never loved a hen at all. Thanks so much to all of you for your help and concern. It means so much. Poor Annabelle died this afternoon so she is no longer suffering. She was such a special and one of a kind hen that touched my heart. I did think of the lab, but I just needed to put her to rest. Thanks again for all of your help. I wish things had turned out differently. 😓
 

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