Recovering from Sour Crop, further advice needed

[hickoryrose]

On Saturday night, I posted about my hen Max behaving very lethargically and not eating. Some kind folks on here lead me to believe she had sour crop, which I have been treating her for since Sunday after getting her crop to empty on Saturday night. Max seems a bit better. I have given her some garlic water and plain greek yogurt after her crop emptied when I massaged it with oil. She still seems a little sleepy and is very very finnicky with what food and water she will take right now. Is this normal for a chicken recovering from sour crop? If so, how long should I expect this during her recovery stage? She likes eating watermelon and a little bit of cucumber and seems occasionally interested in seeds, and as of last night she started drinking water on her own again. Anything I can give her to entice her or speed up the recovery process? Is it normal for her droppings to still be a bit watery or colored a little differently than usual? Any advice is greatly appreciated, and thank you to those who were kind and helpful so far.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Your other thread is here.

While oil can be helpful in treating crop problems, if you feel the crop is sour, then you will want to give her an anti-fungal as suggested in the article. Miconazole or Clotrimazole can both be found at stores like Walmart, CVS, etc.

Provide her with a nutritionally balanced poultry feed to eat and easy to process food. Provide poultry grit free choice.
With her being 6 years old and not laying an egg in a while, she could be having some reproductive problems as well. Hard to know.
Often a crop that is not functioning well is a symptom of something else going on.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[Saaniya]

On Saturday night, I posted about my hen Max behaving very lethargically and not eating. Some kind folks on here lead me to believe she had sour crop, which I have been treating her for since Sunday after getting her crop to empty on Saturday night. Max seems a bit better. I have given her some garlic water and plain greek yogurt after her crop emptied when I massaged it with oil. She still seems a little sleepy and is very very finnicky with what food and water she will take right now. Is this normal for a chicken recovering from sour crop? If so, how long should I expect this during her recovery stage? She likes eating watermelon and a little bit of cucumber and seems occasionally interested in seeds, and as of last night she started drinking water on her own again. Anything I can give her to entice her or speed up the recovery process? Is it normal for her droppings to still be a bit watery or colored a little differently than usual? Any advice is greatly appreciated, and thank you to those who were kind and helpful so far.

Yes it's completely normal to find your chicken lazy when something going on with their digestion especially when it comes to their crop .

You just bring pre-probiotic with yeast and enzymes. And in naturally you can give her Moringa leaf *drumstick tree leaf extract* it's antifungal and kills candida faster then garlic . And try giving her multivitamin to help her boost her immunity