SOUR CROP - HELP NEEDED IMMEDIATELY!!!

[Connie Patton]

Well, you have done right by separating her. Then you just need to stop feeding her anything and add apple cider vinegar to her water. A little bit of garlic will help also. Watch this:

P.S. I think the apple cider vinegar also helps with mucus and mucus might mean it is a respiratory disease.

I couldn’t access your links. How did you make the garlic water?

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

I made garlic water with one crushed glove per liter, or 4 per gallon

 

[cherrynberry]

If the crop is empty it might not be sour crop!

I saw people use two cloves of garlic for a gallon, but I am sure it is fine too, the way you do it.

 

[cherrynberry]

 

[pennyJo1960]

Think you have been given sound advice seeing how this has started so young you may be in for a bumpy ride with her

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

So I’ve determined this- I don’t believe this is sour crop after all. I noticed today that her crop had stayed mostly empty except for water. I believe she’s not really eating anything other than grass, and drinking a lot of water, which explains the soft crop. She’s standing around very still, laying down, and not moving much. I’ve noticed some weight loss as well. Any ideas now?

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

She hasn’t started laying yet either

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

Feeding her some scrambled eggs right now so she’s eating something at least. I also just noticed a roundish lump right in front of/below her vent. I’ve not notice it before, it seems new. Is this an issue?

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

Could she be egg bound?

 

[Connie Patton]

I made garlic water with one crushed glove per liter, or 4 per gallon

Thank you. I’m having no luck helping this turkey chick. I have been adding some chopped garlic to the eggs I’ve been feeding her. Two of the past 9 days her crop emptied but filled back up with liquid. She has been kept in a large kennel in the enclosure with her mom and brother but has access only to what I give her in the kennel. I’ve given monistat twice daily, added probiotics to her eggs (she didn’t like the yogurt on her eggs), I put electrolyte supplements in the water, and I’ve massaged her crop. I’m at a loss what else to do for her. Am I on the right track? Should she be responding by now or does it take this long? What am I missing???