Possible sour crop?

[Mercyr79]

Thank you

 

[Fluffy Butts Mama]

I have some treatments I use for sour crop. I can post them if you'd like?

Can you please post them for me? I just lost one to sour crop. Very very sad. Thank you.

 

[CCsGarden]

Can you please post them for me? I just lost one to sour crop. Very very sad. Thank you.

Yes of course! I'm so sorry for your loss!

I gave my hen homemade electrolytes 10ml every other hour followed by 10ml epsom salt water every other hour. Before I gave her the electrolytes or epsom salt water, I made her vomit a little each time by tipping her ( not fully upside down) but just a little keeping her neck towards the ground and messaging the food up so it comes out. Hope that makes sense .

Electrolytes :
4 cups water
1TBSP Apple cider vinegar
1/2 + 1/4 tsp Molasses
1/4 tsp salt
mix together and keep in a cool dark place.

Epsom Salt water
1 cup water
1 tsp epsom salt.

I do every other hour, so it would be for example:
I start at 1:00pm, I will not make her vomit the first time before I give her anything.
1:00 give the Electrolytes
2:00 before, try to get her vomit just a little. Then give her the Epsom salt water.
Keep doing the same for the next hours. I started doing this treatment at 9am and ended it for the day at 7pm.

The more you stay on track, the fast she'll get better. It took me about 2-3 days to empty most of the crop 5-6 days at the most. Then I gave her some milk to help her stomach get back to normal once her crop emptied almost to nothing. Raw milk would be the best.
Keep all food away from her. I left mine without food for the full treatment. Which took around 5-7 days. Feeding her will make it worse and eventually cause her to over fill herself.
For her to recover fully, it may take around 1 week.

After that, you may have to force feed to get her back to her normal schedule.

I hope all this makes sense. Feel free to ask me more questions!

 

[Fluffy Butts Mama]

Yes of course! I'm so sorry for your loss!

Electrolytes :
4 cups water
1TBSP Apple cider vinegar
1/2 + 1/4 tsp Molasses
1/4 tsp salt
mix together and keep in a cool dark place.

Epsom Salt water
1 cup water
1 tsp epsom salt.

I do every other hour, so it would be for example:
I start at 1:00pm, I will not make her vomit the first time before I give her anything.
1:00 give the Electrolytes
2:00 before, try to get her vomit just a little. Then give her the Epsom salt water.
Keep doing the same for the next hours. I started doing this treatment at 9am and ended it for the day at 7pm.

The more you stay on track, the fast she'll get better. It took me about 2-3 days to empty most of the crop 5-6 days at the most. Then I gave her some milk to help her stomach get back to normal once her crop emptied almost to nothing. Raw milk would be the best.
Keep all food away from her. I left mine without food for the full treatment. Which took around 5-7 days. Feeding her will make it worse and eventually cause her to over fill herself.
For her to recover fully, it may take around 1 week.

After that, you may have to force feed to get her back to her normal schedule.

I hope all this makes sense. Feel free to ask me more questions!

Thank you so much, this is so valuable! I do have a question though, when you try to syringe feed the liquid to her, do you do it on the side of her mouth, straight down her beak or where? I was reading somewhere, I forgot where though, that chicken's trachea cannot close or something like that and if we syringe/dropper feed her liquid, it can choke her. So do I do it on the side of her cheek? Thanks again for helping.

 

[CCsGarden]

Thank you so much, this is so valuable! I do have a question though, when you try to syringe feed the liquid to her, do you do it on the side of her mouth, straight down her beak or where? I was reading somewhere, I forgot where though, that chicken's trachea cannot close or something like that and if we syringe/dropper feed her liquid, it can choke her. So do I do it on the side of her cheek? Thanks again for helping.

Sorry, didn't see this till now!
Yes, be careful when you syringe. I believe the crop tube is on the left side and the breathing tube on the right. I gently open the beak and slowly drop some of the fluids at the tip of the beak so it doesn't go down to the wrong side. And also, do a little at a time so she doesn't choke.
If that makes sense?!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I do have a question though, when you try to syringe feed the liquid to her, do you do it on the side of her mouth, straight down her beak or where? I was reading somewhere, I forgot where though, that chicken's trachea cannot close or something like that and if we syringe/dropper feed her liquid, it can choke her. So do I do it on the side of her cheek? Thanks again for helping.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

See the videos in this post, these may help with giving meds or tubing.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coccidiosis-help-please.1672036/post-28732391

 

[Fluffy Butts Mama]

Sorry, didn't see this till now!
Yes, be careful when you syringe. I believe the crop tube is on the left side and the breathing tube on the right. I gently open the beak and slowly drop some of the fluids at the tip of the beak so it doesn't go down to the wrong side. And also, do a little at a time so she doesn't choke.
If that makes sense?!

Ok, that's what I did when I fed her the Miconozale, on the very top inside of her beak. Thank you so much for this. Really super useful. Have a nice weekend..