Sour Crop news . .

[HenneryTheEighth]

I have been researching the treatments for Sour Crop on BYC for the last week. I have a ten-week old Barnevelder named Marge with the condition and she wasn't getting any better with the 'throwing up' treatment and refused to eat yogurt after I emptied her crop. She was getting skinnier and I was getting worried.
One of the suggested treatments I found on BKC was an anti-fungal used for vaginal yeast infections. The recommended treatment was twice daily for five days. I decided to use the handy dandy applicators in the box.
With the recommended dose in one of the seven-day applicators, I opened Marge the chicken's beak to see if I could get a little in her mouth - and she LOVED it. Gobbled it right up. Like it was candy.
I just went outside to give her today's second dose and called her name. She came running over to take the dose.
Weird chicken.
But she is looking SO much better.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Glad to hear she's doing better! Please keep us posted on how it goes.

 

[HenneryTheEighth]

Her crop is still pendulous. I think I am going to DIY a chicken bra to pull up that lax muscle so she can recover more quickly.
And she just gobbled down more meds.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Her crop is still pendulous. I think I am going to DIY a chicken bra to pull up that lax muscle so she can recover more quickly.
And she just gobbled down more meds.

Can you take a poop sample to your vet for testing to make sure there's no worms and coccidia too?

A crop bra may help, hopefully being so young the muscle is not stretched out too much.

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

 

[HenneryTheEighth]

I started worming the entire flock as a precaution, but I haven't taken a poop sample to the vet yet. I will do so. Thank you so much for the comments. This particular bird is possibly a rooster and I want one rooster for my flock. More later!

 

[HenneryTheEighth]

My vet doesn’t treat chickens. The one mobile farm vet here hasn’t returned my calls. On an up note, she isn’t getting worse, is eating a lot of yogurt, and has a lot more energy.

 

[HenneryTheEighth]

Oh and I did put a crop bra on her. She wore it to bed last night. Today it was off. She was quite miffed at me.