Sour crop struggles

[Godiva]

@Shezadandy Such an infuriating thing! I can see that I'm going to have to do the pine pellets - thanks for the tip on which bedding to use. I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get her out of the cage without her gorging on shavings and starting the whole process over again!

 

[Shezadandy]

@Shezadandy Such an infuriating thing! I can see that I'm going to have to do the pine pellets - thanks for the tip on which bedding to use. I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get her out of the cage without her gorging on shavings and starting the whole process over again!

Hopefully she doesn't consider them food too! But given that they collapse into tiny little bits, even if she does choke them down- at least they'll collapse into itty bitty pieces with water. Sending happy crop thoughts your way!

 

[Godiva]

Thanks so much. Actually the whole flock was terrified of the pellets lol. Heaven knows what they thought they were... It took them a while to risk walking on them!

 

[Riv-6]

Update on Gugulethu's crop. I've had to cage her because she's determined to eat all the pine shavings! I gave her miconazole for about a week or 10 days. She didn't get worse but she also didn't get better. I was concerned about doing the miconazole for too long so decided to change tack for a while and then restart if necessary. So I have been mixing colloidal silver with her feed and adding oregano and thyme (freeze dried) to her feed too. This seems to have done the trick! At last the stink from her beak is gone, she's pooping and hungry again. Her crop is much smaller now and I am hoping that in the next couple of days she'll be well enough to return to the flock. Still a small amount in her crop in the morning now.

I'm focusing on probiotics and vitamins for now and will continue the silver for now too. Any idea why she's so fixated on eating the shavings?

Very interesting that worked for you! I'm currently dealing with sour crop in one of my hens and it refuses to empty. Glad to hear she is doing well now!