URGENT - Four day old with sour crop

[Olive_Egger]

Our four or five day old chick is smelling like she has sour crop, her crop is empty atm. She was fine yesterday and isn’t acting any different, but all the remedies I find are for adults. Going to monitor if she’s eating/pooping. What should I do?

 

[azygous]

I've never heard of such a young chick having sour crop. The only way that would happen is if the chicks are being exposed to molds in the environment. Are you brooding in a damp, musty smelling coop or shed?

 

[sourland]

Wait, and observe her. It is very unlikely that a chick that young would have sour crop.

 

[Olive_Egger]

I've never heard of such a young chick having sour crop. The only way that would happen is if the chicks are being exposed to molds in the environment. Are you brooding in a damp, musty smelling coop or shed?

Nothing at all.

 

[Olive_Egger]

Nothing at all.

We’ve had a chick in the past who was very young and experienced the same thing

 

[nuthatched]

We’ve had a chick in the past who was very young and experienced the same thing

What's their diet? Are these from your own stock? It's almost impossible for a chock this young to have sour crop unless there's a malformation of the crop.

 

[Olive_Egger]

What's their diet? Are these from your own stock? It's almost impossible for a chock this young to have sour crop unless there's a malformation of the crop.

They were mailed and have been only eating their starter feed- the one we’re using right now isn’t medicated. It might not be sour crop, but her breath/beak area definitely smells sour and unpleasant. Is there any other reason that could be?

 

[mzk]

They were mailed and have been only eating their starter feed- the one we’re using right now isn’t medicated. It might not be sour crop, but her breath/beak area definitely smells sour and unpleasant. Is there any other reason that could be?

Hi, Did you ever resolve the problem? I'm having the same foul smell with one of my week-old chicks and not sure what to do for her. I'd prefer to treat whatever it is before it gets worse.