freaky chick Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 one of our chooks has sour crop. we have been giving her live yogurt garlic oil and potatoes and layers mash as food. we have also been making her throw up. we think that she has a large ball of knotted grass in there. she has been like this for about a week but now her crop has gone hard and we really have to work to losen it. we can hardly get anything up when we sik her, she doesn't want to eat that much and we're really worried!! please help us!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 There is good advise on impacted crops [Here] and Sour Crop [Here] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Keep her off pellets and mash and give her fresh water for 24 hours and during that time, give her crop hourly massage if you can. If you can massage in an upwards direction, you might be able to dislodge it and hoik it out of her mouth. If you have an angling shop nearby, buy a pint of undyed maggots, and feed them to her hourly. They will bore their way through the plug, hopefully. If she appears very hungry, some home-made apple sauce (no sugar). It will help soften the plug, as would a swig of olive oil if you can get it down her. Natural yoghurt will a help too. If there is no improvement in a couple of days, I'd take her to the vet. Occasionally, the plug is further down and won't respond to home treatments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky chick Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 thank you soooo much I'll up date as soon as there is any change or i get a chance (middle of exam week so i'm going crazy!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewitall Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I'm going through this with one of my chickens at the moment. I've been massaging her crop constantly for the last few days. She wouldn't eat or drink and yesterday was at death's door. Tried maggots, Tylan solution fed drop by drop to the side of her beak and she was not responding. Decided yesterday afternoon it was make or break and got husband to hold her whilst I forced her beak open to syringe in some olive oil. She got loads of it down her front feathers. Then more massage every hour followed by a night in the warm kitchen. Up early this morning with more massage and further drops of oil alternating with Avipro in water to the side of her beak. Came home from work early this afternoon expecting to find her deceased but on the contrary she seemed more alert. More massage ensued and this evening she started eating a tiny amount of Omlet pellets pre-softened with water and Avipro. I'm totally exhausted but keeping my fingers crossed that the olive oil and regular massaging has worked. She has started preening her oily front feathers. If you can keep her fluid intake up somehow even if it is drop by drop to the side of the beak then this will keep her hydrated whilst you deal with the crop issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky chick Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 luckily she's not that bad, she is still fairly lively and her come and wattle are hardly changed, but thanks for the advice any way we'll keep it in mind hope yours gets better soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
