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Thank you!I've always left it up to my sour crop patients to regulate their food and water intake. Generally, they do not wish to eat and drink until the yeast is becoming under control.
I feed fermented feed, but for some reason I don't understand, the sour crop patients prefer dry feed when they do feel like eating. When the yeast is coming under control, they decide when they're ready to try eating again.
Water is something I never restrict. If a crop disorder happens to have a compaction component, water is critical in resolving it. The patient knows this and will drink on their own while a sour crop patient may avoid water. This distinction isn't always obvious, so that's why I continue to provide water in all cases.
Occasionally, a sour crop patient will not respond to the treatment and gets worse. Those are almost always older hens with serious underlying issues such as chronic reproductive infection or poor immune systems due to the leucosis virus they carry. Euthanasia is usually the end game.
Can I ask...if it's still large in the morning (her crop), does that change what to do to treat it? I didn't know how long this typically takes.
Also, do you ever empty the crop yourself?
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