Sour Crop, unable to make her throw up

[ssutterfield]

One of my black austrolorps has what I believe is sour crop, swelled, soft and squishy, I have fallowed the instruction on trying to get her regurgitate but have not been successful, I believe shes been this way for quite some time, not realy sure what I need to do. I think I massaged her to long because her face began turning red so I put her back in the pen, I'm sure thats what it is because she has a really bad smell.

 

[speckledhen]

Do NOT try to make her throw up! She can choke to death.

Same protocol or all sour crop issues. Separate the hen, 24 hours with no food, only water with 1/4 teaspoon of acidified copper sulfate (comes in powder form usually at the feed store) in a gallon in plastic waterer only. If you can't find that, use 2 tablespoons of organic, unfiltered apple cider vinegar in the plastic gallon waterer, changed daily. Day 2, add only plain yogurt. Day 3, add plain scrambled egg to the yogurt. Each day, massage the crop, several times each day, pushing toward the back of the crop, not upward. Day 4, maybe some soupy oatmeal added to the eggs and yogurt, but NO grains. Hopefully, that will clear it up.