Minnie&Moose Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Our elderly exbat appears to have sour crop. Found her looking miserable this afternoon with a huge crop. As I picked her up to check her over I was hit with a lovely stream of brown, smelling liquid - went right down the back of my leg and into my welly I emptied her (very carefully) and she perked up noticeably so I stuck her in a broody cage with water with acv in (tried to syringe neat acv into her but she wasn't feeling ill enough for me to manage it safely on my own). I'll stick her back with the others once it's dark and then keep her separate again tomorrow so I can check her crop and limit her food. Should I let her have a small amount of pellets tomorrow or keep her on water only (with poultry tonic or more acv?). Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I have done 36hrs with water only in the past and had success. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Thanks Mullethunter. Think I'll leave her at least 24 hours and then see how she's looking. Her crop felt nice and empty and normal this evening when I popped her in with the others for the night - hopefully she'll keep it that way overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I seem to remember I was told 48 but didn't have the heart to do it. Make sure you stick to just small amounts of pellets afterwards. And then something like Beryl's bacteria to get the culture back to normal can be a good idea. Some will recommend yoghurt, but Lewis has told us chickens can't digest lactose so that's not a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lewis Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 How's she getting on? As you said she has a huge crop I was going to ask if it could be compacted but as it felt empty hopefully that's not the case. I'd restrict food for a day or two and would use something like Daktarin or Nystatin which are antifungal; I know some people use Vanodine V18 which is a disinfectant/germicide. Yeah I always cringe a little when I see people feeding yoghurt, obviously they cope with it and probably 'just' causes diarrhea in healthy chickens but it can make fungal infections (sour crop) much worse. Our chickens have pellets 99% of the time and very occasional treats and very rarely (if never - touch wood!) have crop problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Hi Lewis, sadly she was pts this morning. She'd stopped eating and drinking altogether and at nearly 2 years out of her cage (an exbat) the vet and I agreed it was the best option for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Ah no, I'm sorry At least she had a happy retirement and was able to go peacefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Sorry to hear that MinnieandMoose- well done for trying and for doing the right thing, and for giving her a happy retirement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Thanks Lewis and Mullethunter. She was certainly a chicken who made the most of her freedom . We're going to make a special cake using her last 3 eggs tomorrow (she was still laying regularly). It's going to be strange letting the big ones out tomorrow - Hildebrand was always first out and last to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 going to make a special cake using her last 3 eggs tomorrow What a brilliant idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
