unknown disease!!!!!

[bernaboo111]

she just turned 2 last month, and she is still laying. It usually lasts about 3-4 days, and then the next day she will look like nothing happened! Weird!!!! This thing started at I think in the fall sometime. I am pretty new too, so I don't know what sour crop is.... This is the first time I have noticed the crop being puffy. usually her crop is completely empty. So that is new.

 

[bernaboo111]

ARRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!! I just went outside to check on my chicken again, and I tried tipping her so her head faced the ground, and then I massaged her crop and a TON of yellowish, orange fluid came pouring out!!! I had to tip her up a couple of times just so she could breathe! Is that sour crop???? If it is how do I get rid of it??? Oh, and her crop is almost completely empty!!

 

[BigECarter]

Search the board for sour crop. Lots of advice. Monistat was one treatment.

 

[bernaboo111]

Today she looks a little better, but is still not perfect. I have been giving her yogurt (which she only eats one bite of) and I have been giving her a supplement of this stuff called Forco. It is a probiotic. I have also been putting acv in their water, so now I am just crossing my fingers. I have also been doing the part where I tip her upside down and massage the crop to get the stuff out, and I seem to get quite a bit each time. How long does sour crop last??

 

[BigECarter]

I suggest you read through this thread:

Sour Crop CURED with Monistat
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630307/sour-crop-cured-with-monistat

 

[bernaboo111]

Hi BigECarter,

Do you know if sour crop will go away on it's own or with the help of natural remedies? I am trying not to use medication not only for money, but also because chickens in the wild don't take medication and seem to be much healthier then our domesticated hens we have now. If this was Cocci or some other disease that the hen can't cure it's self, then I would give them medication, but in this case I think that just giving natural probiotics with help with this problem.

Thanks for the help!

 

[BigECarter]

I have no idea if it will go away on its own.

As for health compared to wild chickens - that's probably more due to genetics.

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[bernaboo111]

HELP!!!! My chicken is doing really badly today! She is just laying in the middle of the run with her eyes closed and her comb is getting blacker by the day!!! Please help!! I just emptied out her crop and she doesn't seem to get any better. PLEASE HELP!!!!

 

[bernaboo111]

please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bernaboo111]

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