Sour crop, shock, corid, nutridrench

[Tattoodmama]

Another group is telling me sour crop, early egg layer (she’s 15 weeks), she’s in shock, she need corrid, she needs nutridrench… I’m getting 150 different answers.

Alright. I went to the run a few hours ago, and she had her head pushed down and just wasn’t looking right. I watched her for a bit and she was eating and drinking, but when I picked her up her crop felt squishy. I gently massaged and she did spit some fluid out, I didn’t smell it so I’m not sure if it was sour, it’s now completely empty. I brought her inside the house and she’s letting me hold her, which she’s normally one of my chickens that do not want to be held. When I try to set her down her feet are pretty limp and she just over all does not seem like she’s feeling great. I had her in my bathroom in the dark with just water until someone said try giving her an egg. So now she has water and an egg . Sour crop? Something else? I’m concerned because she seems so limp. She can stand once I let go, but before that her feet are so relaxed. If I set her down she just stands there, once she’s back in the bathroom she lays down.
I know the monistat protocol for sour crop but I’m wondering if something else is going on?

Girl doesn’t even have a damn name and now I’m scared she’s sick

Pic of current posture. Noticed tail is down.

 

[Eggcessive]

Never massage or press on a soft mushy crop, since it can cause the crop contents to come back up into the throat and airway, which may cause choking. The crop should normally be empty first thing in the morning, so I would check it then. If it is not empty then, tell us if it is full, firm, doughy, or puffy. What breed is she, an australorp? She may not be close to laying until 20 weeks. What do her poops look like? What are you feeding your chickens? Do they have granite poultry grit available?

 

[Tattoodmama]

Never massage or press on a soft mushy crop, since it can cause the crop contents to come back up into the throat and airway, which may cause choking. The crop should normally be empty first thing in the morning, so I would check it then. If it is not empty then, tell us if it is full, firm, doughy, or puffy. What breed is she, an australorp? She may not be close to laying until 20 weeks. What do her poops look like? What are you feeding your chickens? Do they have granite poultry grit available?

Her crop was not empty this am when I checked, and now it is fine. She is a Prarie Bluebell. Her poops are runny, a little mucusy, no blood. They eat all flock pellet food, they get scraps, and they free range. They do get grit as well.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would check it again as the day goes on to see if she is eating, and again first thing in the morning. Is she more alert? It doesn’t hurt to use Corid in case of possible coccidiosis. I would use the maximum dosage of 2 tsp of the liquid per gallon of water for 5 days, if you chose to do that. Chicks with coccidiosis can sometimes have a slow to empty crop.