Sour crop?

[Gobblebobble]

Is it even possible for an 8 day old poult to have sour crop? I massaged the squishy crop and some water and feed came out, but it didn't smell foul. I separated the poult yesterday for about 4 hours with no food. The crop went down. Now today swolen again. Separated without food and gave a small amount of red wine with dropper. Any ideas?

 

[rIrs roost]

Maybe some Natural Light? Lol JK I've never heard of giving them red wine. I'm not sure about how much you know so please don't take offense to my question. their crop gets to feeling all kinda crazy ways all day. If you feed it until night and check it in the morning does it feel empty? What symptoms made you think it was sour crop?

 

[Gobblebobble]

What makes me think sour crop is the poults crop is always the size of a golf ball, and squishy. All of the other poults do not get like that.

 

[rIrs roost]

: so it's like that in the morning before they've eaten? Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in soon.

 

[Gobblebobble]

Yes I have the poult in solitary now. No food since yesterday. At noon I will feed some egg whites. Try this for a couple days I guess. See what happens.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't know much about Turkeys, but did the crop empty overnight? (full when went to "bed", then empty in morning before eating/drinking)

 

[Gobblebobble]

The crop went down in size overnight, but is still a bit large and squishy.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you provide any source of grit free choice (crushed granite)?
What are you feeding?
Is the vent clear of poop?
Does the breath smell sour?

Is she lethargic or still eating/drinking/pooping?

Offer plenty of water, a source of grit and wet feed. You can massage the crop in a downward motion to see if you can get things moving. At 8days, a poult (or chick) will be constantly eating and the crop will go up and down during the day.

If she is in a brooder that has light 24/7 and access to food, then she may be eating during the night(?)


@centrarchid ---thoughts?

 

[centrarchid]

No time. Off for the week.

 

[Gobblebobble]

Thank you for the response Wyorp, as I understand grit is not needed with just starter crumbles. And the crop was empty after fasting for 16 hours. But it was still large and squishy. I have acv in the water and am feeding hard boiled eggs. I started to administer Monistat 7 as seen on a previous BYC thread. Being optimistic.