mullethunter Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 My mums final ex-batt has had a crop filling up with revolting liquid for 3 days. We starved her for about 48hrs with access to water that we syringed into her when we thought she wasn’t drinking. We gave her access to pellets after that but she’s not interested. We’ve used daktarin (not licensed for use in poultry) but her crop is still filling every day. Does anyone have any ideas or prognosis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Coincidentally, I just had an email from someone who came on one of my courses about the exact same thing. You'll need to empty it out - see video here, but ignore the bit about syringing fluid in as she hasn't got an impacted crop. Give 3mls of neat ACV by syringe, don't feed for 24 hours, see how she is the next day before you feed her and repeat the ACV if necessary. It would be good to put some ACV in their water a couple of times a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 Thanks DM - emptying out was easy - just tipping her ever so slightly forward does the trick. Just worried because it’s been refilling and she’s not eaten for three days now. How long should we carry on for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) Is she pooping? Have a good feel of her crop and see if you can feel a blockage towards the bottom which might be stopping it from emptying. If she isn't pooping, then I'd be concerned about either a plug/blockage in her crop, gastric stasis or something blocking her gastric system further down. If she is still filling up tomorrow, I would get her to a chicken-savvy vet pronto. Edited March 8, 2020 by The Dogmother 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 No improvement so we culled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, mullethunter said: No improvement so we culled Good call 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Aww, that's sad. I was hoping she would recover xx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
