tinkkletoes Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 morning all. i have a greedy black rock about 3 years old who has a CV of Sour & impacted crop. the impacted crop had to be operated on last year to empty . last Saturday she must of eaten something in the run that has set her off again. i gave her till Monday morning to clear on her own, no such luck. so into the sick pen. so emptied crop over 24 H, staved for 24H then ACV feed twice a day & only water. seemed to go down after a few days so i gave her a little food. now the food seems stuck in her crop as i can feel the pellets. so now giving her liquid paraffin to try to move the food. & i even gave her live white maggots to see if they would help, she loved them as you would guess. thou this morning she has both Sour crop with the food still not moving. any ideas what i can do now before i phone the vets. as she's now got stitches in her crop i'm worried as not to damage the crop. (stitches are about 5 months old) & to top it all i am meant to be going on holiday Next Sun & neighbours are looking after my girls & syringe feeding & crop emptying is one step to far to ask them to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I would give it a couple of days of treatment, and then make a decision; from experience, this condition usually recurs due to some other underlying issue. It's only my opinion, but if it keeps happening, I would cull the bird as it obviously ails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 One of mine has had the crop issue for years. She's 7 in April. Try giving her a small dish of bio yoghurt. The sour crop is (apparently) a build up of yeast so the yoghurt does tend to stop it in it's tracks. Not so sure about the impacted bit though. I hope she pulls through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
