Some sort of crop condition?

[TwentyOneChickens]

My girl Ethel has a large crop today and I can tell she isn’t feeling too good. It doesn’t feel like food in there, it’s soft. What can I do?

EDIT: New topic, https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sour-crop-questions.1330103

 

[azygous]

What does her poop look like? White and runny?

Sounds like a possible yeast infection. You can treat it with ordinary women's anti yeast cream miconazole. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

What does her poop look like? White and runny?

Sounds like a possible yeast infection. You can treat it with ordinary women's anti yeast cream miconazole. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

I haven't seen her poop yet, but I will check.

EDIT: Yep, it is. White and runny.

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

What does her poop look like? White and runny?

Sounds like a possible yeast infection. You can treat it with ordinary women's anti yeast cream miconazole. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

So I read the article. How would I go about giving her miconazole?

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

I'm going to start another thread because now I have new questions, if that's okay.

 

[Matilda Belle]

From the article posted:

Treatment for sour crop
I advise against trying to make your chicken vomit because it may cause them to aspirate the sour liquid. Besides, it's very unpleasant for your hen, and she may hate you if you do it. (Curiously, most sour crop victims are hens.)

Nystatin is the best treatment for yeast infections, but it requires a prescription. Or you can try to locate medistatin which is for birds and doesn't require a prescription.

The easiest (and cheapest) to obtain yeast treatment, though, is miconazole, found on the women's hygiene shelf in the pharmacy. You can use either the suppositories or the vaginal cream. Measure a quarter inch of suppository or about half an inch of cream and give orally twice a day for seven days. Do not stop treatment before the full seven days are completed or the yeast may return.

Following treatment for sour crop, offer plenty of plain fresh water and boiled egg to get the crop operating again. I like to also give a probiotic or Greek yogurt to restore good microbes in crop and intestines.

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

From the article posted:

Treatment for sour crop
I advise against trying to make your chicken vomit because it may cause them to aspirate the sour liquid. Besides, it's very unpleasant for your hen, and she may hate you if you do it. (Curiously, most sour crop victims are hens.)

Nystatin is the best treatment for yeast infections, but it requires a prescription. Or you can try to locate medistatin which is for birds and doesn't require a prescription.

The easiest (and cheapest) to obtain yeast treatment, though, is miconazole, found on the women's hygiene shelf in the pharmacy. You can use either the suppositories or the vaginal cream. Measure a quarter inch of suppository or about half an inch of cream and give orally twice a day for seven days. Do not stop treatment before the full seven days are completed or the yeast may return.

Following treatment for sour crop, offer plenty of plain fresh water and boiled egg to get the crop operating again. I like to also give a probiotic or Greek yogurt to restore good microbes in crop and intestines.

Thank you. How would I give it to her though?

 

[Matilda Belle]

Maybe a spoon or a syringe?

 

[Shadrach]

Here is a very good article on tube/syringe feeding.
For thicker pastes you need to increase the size of the bore of the tube.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
You can also use a plain syringe if you can find the correct diameter.

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

Here is a very good article on tube/syringe feeding.
For thicker pastes you need to increase the size of the bore of the tube.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
You can also use a plain syringe if you can find the correct diameter.

Tysm!