Sour crop

[casportpony]

It's possible that a ruptured air sac could look like this, which is easy to determine. If the area is full of fluid and food, it's a crop problem.

 

[Mimi13]

@Rhcecil, in case you would like to read about another chicken that had a full, rock hard crop in the morning that is now going strong, read this thread. And I will have to say, if it weren’t for @azygous, I seriously doubt if my Gabby would be here today...right in the middle of her very first annual molt.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hard-crop-not-clearing.1313179/

 

[Rhcecil]

I appreciate everyone’s help with this. I truly do! Thank you!

 

[casportpony]

If you decide to try a crop bra, I found a couple of threads that have pictures of bra made from Vet Wrap.

• https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/i-made-a-vetwrap-chicken-bra.1249489/
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pendulous-crop-but-otherwise-seems-healthy.808714/

 

[Cryss]

I wish I had a chicken expert live near me that could just look at her. I hate to give her anything if she doesn’t have the sour crop and hurt her worse. An I don’t have one of those crop bra thingys either.

Where are you? Add it to your profile, it will help with so many questions you may ask over time.

If you decide to try a crop bra, I found a couple of threads that have pictures of bra made from Vet Wrap.

• https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/i-made-a-vetwrap-chicken-bra.1249489/
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pendulous-crop-but-otherwise-seems-healthy.808714/

That vetwrap link is me. I REALLY need to make it a better article with pictures.

@azygous saved my Roopecca! Chickens hide the fact they are sick often right up until they die! Don't put off treating them. Roopecca didn't smell sour but when he threw up I knew it was sour crop. I used @azygous instructions, gave the medication faithfully, it cleared right up. It came back a couple weeks later so I did it again, this time with a bra. He wears a bra all the time now, never needs a treatment.
The medicine as suppository is easy to cut into appropriate doses and put inside the beak but the re- agent enough so you use the cream to complete the round of medication. For that I mix the dose into a very very small amount of treat or mash into hard boiled egg. I put it in a deep bowl so it can't be scattered and I make sure they get it all in by feeding them away from the flock and I even hold the bowl. I scrape it down into a pile when it starts to get low just to make sure they get it all. Seriously, it saved my rooster's life.

 

[Rhcecil]

I just started the cream process. All I had to do was put it on my finger and she ate it up. Just got done boiling eggs and gonna give her one.

 

[Mimi13]

I just started the cream process. All I had to do was put it on my finger and she ate it up. Just got done boiling eggs and gonna give her one.

Yay!!!She is on her way to getting all better. Please make sure to finish out the meds so the “whatever it is” making her sick will be killed out. There! How’s that for layman’s terminology? It’s all I could think of to say. Sometimes my brain completely leaves me.

 

[Rhcecil]

Where are you? Add it to your profile, it will help with so many questions you may ask over time.


That vetwrap link is me. I REALLY need to make it a better article with pictures.

@azygous saved my Roopecca! Chickens hide the fact they are sick often right up until they die! Don't put off treating them. Roopecca didn't smell sour but when he threw up I knew it was sour crop. I used @azygous instructions, gave the medication faithfully, it cleared right up. It came back a couple weeks later so I did it again, this time with a bra. He wears a bra all the time now, never needs a treatment.
The medicine as suppository is easy to cut into appropriate doses and put inside the beak but the re- agent enough so you use the cream to complete the round of medication. For that I mix the dose into a very very small amount of treat or mash into hard boiled egg. I put it in a deep bowl so it can't be scattered and I make sure they get it all in by feeding them away from the flock and I even hold the bowl. I scrape it down into a pile when it starts to get low just to make sure they get it all. Seriously, it saved my rooster's life.

Yay!!!She is on her way to getting all better. Please make sure to finish out the meds so the “whatever it is” making her sick will be killed out. There! How’s that for layman’s terminology? It’s all I could think of to say. Sometimes my brain completely leaves me.

I definitely will! I feel so bad for her. So twice daily correct for a week?

 

[Cryss]

I definitely will! I feel so bad for her. So twice daily correct for a week?

I believe it's 10 days but I haven't looked at @azygous 's instructions in awhile.

 

[azygous]

Seven days.