Sour Crop

[xXChickenXx-]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/first-experience-of-sour-crop.1645681/
This might also help. My girl is going through something like this is yours any better?

 

[CCsGarden]

Yes, mine is all better now!

 

[xXChickenXx-]

Yes, mine is all better now!

What did you do to cure it could you please share with me? I really want mine to get better. Thank you in advance

 

[CCsGarden]

Yes! I gave her homemade electrolytes 10ml every other hour followed by 10ml epsom salt water every other hour. Before I gave her the electrolytes or epsom salt water, I made her vomit a little each time by tipping her ( not fully upside down) but just a little keeping her neck towards the ground and messaging the food up so it comes out. Hope that makes sense .

I can give you the recipes if you'd like them.

 

[xXChickenXx-]

Yes! I gave her homemade electrolytes 10ml every other hour followed by 10ml epsom salt water every other hour. Before I gave her the electrolytes or epsom salt water, I made her vomit a little each time by tipping her ( not fully upside down) but just a little keeping her neck towards the ground and messaging the food up so it comes out. Hope that makes sense .

I can give you the recipes if you'd like them.

Thank you so much for your replies. Yes, please provide me the recipes?

 

[CCsGarden]

Thank you so much for your replies. Yes, please provide me the recipes?

Electrolytes :
4 cups water
1TBSP Apple cider vinegar
1/2 + 1/4 tsp Molasses
1/4 tsp salt
mix together and keep in a cool dark place.

Epsom Salt water
1 cup water
1 tsp epsom salt.

I do every other hour, so it would be for example:
I start at 1:00pm, I will not make her vomit the first time before I give her anything.
1:00 give the Electrolytes
2:00 before, try to get her vomit just a little. Then give her the Epsom salt water.
Keep doing the same for the next hours. I started doing this treatment at 9am and ended it for the day at 7pm.

The more you stay on track, the fast she'll get better. It took me about 2-3 days to empty most of the crop 5-6 days at the most. Then I gave her some milk to help her stomach get back to normal once her crop emptied almost to nothing. Raw milk would be the best.
Keep all food away from her. I left mine without food for the full treatment. Which took around 5-7 days. Feeding her will make it worse and eventually cause her to over fill herself.
For her to recover fully, it may take around 1 week.

After that, you may have to force feed to get her back to her normal schedule.

I hope all this makes sense. Feel free to ask me more questions!

 

[xXChickenXx-]

Electrolytes :
4 cups water
1TBSP Apple cider vinegar
1/2 + 1/4 tsp Molasses
1/4 tsp salt
mix together and keep in a cool dark place.

Epsom Salt water
1 cup water
1 tsp epsom salt.

I do every other hour, so it would be for example:
I start at 1:00pm, I will not make her vomit the first time before I give her anything.
1:00 give the Electrolytes
2:00 before, try to get her vomit just a little. Then give her the Epsom salt water.
Keep doing the same for the next hours. I started doing this treatment at 9am and ended it for the day at 7pm.

The more you stay on track, the fast she'll get better. It took me about 2-3 days to empty most of the crop 5-6 days at the most. Then I gave her some milk to help her stomach get back to normal once her crop emptied almost to nothing. Raw milk would be the best.
Keep all food away from her. I left mine without food for the full treatment. Which took around 5-7 days. Feeding her will make it worse and eventually cause her to over fill herself.
For her to recover fully, it may take around 1 week.

After that, you may have to force feed to get her back to her normal schedule.

I hope all this makes sense. Feel free to ask me more questions!

Thank you so much! Mine has a lot of appetite though and is going to the bathroom like usual just her crop is a bit hard. Wow okay I'll definitely do this! I really appreciate you!

 

[CCsGarden]

Thank you so much! Mine has a lot of appetite though and is going to the bathroom like usual just her crop is a bit hard. Wow okay I'll definitely do this! I really appreciate you!

Mine was the same! I had to keep everything away from her
Let me know how it goes! The crop will be hard. Once you start getting the fluids in the crop it will move faster.

 

[xXChickenXx-]

Mine was the same! I had to keep everything away from her
Let me know how it goes! The crop will be hard. Once you start getting the fluids in the crop it will move faster.

Okay I'll make sure to keep it away from her too I will thank you so much for all your help!