Well, one of our girls was the first to get sour crop. I noticed it right from the start. I quickly started researching and your video was the first to catch my interest and everything you mention makes sense so we immediately isolated her and started the yogurt treatment and hydro-hen in her water. In less than 6 hours we noticed complete positive results in her behavior. Actually pooped and was looking for more yogurt. I added a dozen black fly larva and she gobbled them down with more yogurt. Her crop was completely normal the next morning. She had watery poop with some undigested scratch. Day 2 - she is ready to get out and explore however we are thinking about leaving her in the 2nd coop by herself until she is eating the feed and her poop becomes normal. Thank you for your experience and glad your video was there. I'm a subscriber!!!!! From middle TN.
I just lost an older hen to this. The other channels I watched lost their hens, using acv &/or colloidal silver, or Epsom salts in water. I believe mine had already aspirated that nastiness into her lungs before I discovered her, as she has liquidy raspy breathing right from hour one. Your treatment makes wày more sense & you are the first whose hen survived. Saving this & adding the treatment recipe to my notebook for sure. Thank you so much! Blessings from NW Florida!
Had a hen hit with it recently. She wound up dropping 3 or 4 eggs without shells in one setting and stopped laying for at least 3 weeks. But at the same time I was watching the hen one day to see how she was doing and another hen hopped up on top of their 5 gallon water bucket, leaned over pointing her head to the ground almost in a full vertical position and drained her crop. I remember well thinking, so much for chickens can't do that. lol I think it should prolly be changed to some or most chickens can't do that. lol
I did use fresh minced garlic water and greek yogurt. I didn't do the vomiting.I did the garlic water alone for 3 days to make sure her food moved down. It did, then added the yogurt. Did it for a week long. I'm still keeping an eye on her. Seems to be working
Did she recover? I’m dealing with two hens. One is much better, the other one I can still feel the grains in her crop. My next step is the surgery🤦♀️. I bought the kits for that today!
My one chicken I will check in the morning. She hasn’t wanted to go on the roost lays on the floor in a corner. Will check her in the morning and get her yogurt
How often do you need to help them vomit? We have done it once but 2 hours later it seems full again, she is eating the yogurt and we did apple cider vinegar in her water.
Everywhere else I've read ir watched (including large-scale chicken farmers) said NOT to turn them upside down ... Just massage that crop (maybe not that vigorously) and bend the bird forward but never upside down bcz of the danger of asphyxiation.
Thank you so much I greatly appreciate your video my baby girl is dealing with sour crop right now I am doing all I can to treat eat I am giving her Greek yogurt I have to force feed her, do you know how often she should get yogurt? She is my favorite girl I had her dishes was a baby she is a good chicken follows me around everywhere I let her inside ofter and she even waits outside the door when I go to the bathroom. I love her so much I want to save her. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you I am so happy Red had a full recovery. 😊🙏 I am praying for the same in my baby. 🙏
We are thrilled you found this helpful! We gave ours yogurt at least 3 times a day, it should be her only food so she needs plenty of it! Probiotic water to drink! Good luck, your hen sounds awesome!
@@TheKunkelHomestead Oh my goodness thank you so much for your reply, I greatly appreciate it i feel so bad seeing her down and not herself I noticed right away. I'm hopeful that this will work thanks to wonderful people like yourselves who are helpful trying to help others. I'm very grateful and very much appreciate it. Thank you 😊🙏🙏🙏
My baby is all better she made a full recovery and is acting her normal self. I am so happy she is feeling better. Just wanted to say thank you again for sharing this amazing video. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Many blessings your way! 🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊
I tried doing this today and after 2 hours my hen died and I don’t understand why I did exactly what u did and I thought it worked but it wouldn’t stop trying to vomit like there was more inside so I kept trying and it died I DONT KNOW WHYYYYY did did I kill it pls tell me I didn’t or I can’t live 😭😭😭😭
We are not veterinarians nor have we seen your hen, but it's possible it wasn't caught in time and it was already too late when you began efforts. Sour crop is difficult to catch and treat. So sorry you lost your bird 😞
Well, one of our girls was the first to get sour crop. I noticed it right from the start. I quickly started researching and your video was the first to catch my interest and everything you mention makes sense so we immediately isolated her and started the yogurt treatment and hydro-hen in her water. In less than 6 hours we noticed complete positive results in her behavior. Actually pooped and was looking for more yogurt. I added a dozen black fly larva and she gobbled them down with more yogurt. Her crop was completely normal the next morning. She had watery poop with some undigested scratch. Day 2 - she is ready to get out and explore however we are thinking about leaving her in the 2nd coop by herself until she is eating the feed and her poop becomes normal. Thank you for your experience and glad your video was there. I'm a subscriber!!!!! From middle TN.
Hooray! Thank you for the kind words and sharing your success story!
I just lost an older hen to this. The other channels I watched lost their hens, using acv &/or colloidal silver, or Epsom salts in water. I believe mine had already aspirated that nastiness into her lungs before I discovered her, as she has liquidy raspy breathing right from hour one. Your treatment makes wày more sense & you are the first whose hen survived. Saving this & adding the treatment recipe to my notebook for sure. Thank you so much! Blessings from NW Florida!
So sorry your hen didn't make it. We had one with raspy breathing earlier this year we had to cull. Glad you found our video helpful!
@@TheKunkelHomestead is it safe for food consumption if you cull it for this reason.
Thanks for demonstrating your expelling technique.
Had a hen hit with it recently. She wound up dropping 3 or 4 eggs without shells in one setting and stopped laying for at least 3 weeks. But at the same time I was watching the hen one day to see how she was doing and another hen hopped up on top of their 5 gallon water bucket, leaned over pointing her head to the ground almost in a full vertical position and drained her crop. I remember well thinking, so much for chickens can't do that. lol
I think it should prolly be changed to some or most chickens can't do that. lol
Thanks! Our hen is also named Red and she has sour crop. We’ll try your techniques! ❤❤
I did use fresh minced garlic water and greek yogurt. I didn't do the vomiting.I did the garlic water alone for 3 days to make sure her food moved down. It did, then added the yogurt. Did it for a week long. I'm still keeping an eye on her. Seems to be working
Oh it's good to know it can take a few days. I'm currently on day #1 and feeling super worried...
How is your sc hen now?
Has she fully recovered?
Thanks
Thank you Very useful video!!!
Thanks. Nice informative and short.
Go Red ❤️
Did she recover? I’m dealing with two hens. One is much better, the other one I can still feel the grains in her crop. My next step is the surgery🤦♀️. I bought the kits for that today!
Yes she did!
My one chicken I will check in the morning. She hasn’t wanted to go on the roost lays on the floor in a corner. Will check her in the morning and get her yogurt
I hope Red recovered.
She did! We lost her to a fox attack last week, however... our hearts are broken!
Oh gosh!!! So sorry!!! It’s my fear of having them outside !! I love my chickens and can’t imagine going through this. 😭😭
@@TheKunkelHomestead😢 so sorry.
Thank you ❤
How often do you need to help them vomit? We have done it once but 2 hours later it seems full again, she is eating the yogurt and we did apple cider vinegar in her water.
When you turn them upside down, any pointers to keeping them from asphyxiation on their vom?
Everywhere else I've read ir watched (including large-scale chicken farmers) said NOT to turn them upside down ... Just massage that crop (maybe not that vigorously) and bend the bird forward but never upside down bcz of the danger of asphyxiation.
I have a chicken with a sour crop.... everytime I think its gone... its back. What can I do for her??
Do you turn them on their back so they don’t aspirate
Any tips to get your hen to eat? I’ve given her geek yogurt but she doesn’t seem interested in that or the water.
Thank you so much I greatly appreciate your video my baby girl is dealing with sour crop right now I am doing all I can to treat eat I am giving her Greek yogurt I have to force feed her, do you know how often she should get yogurt? She is my favorite girl I had her dishes was a baby she is a good chicken follows me around everywhere I let her inside ofter and she even waits outside the door when I go to the bathroom. I love her so much I want to save her. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you I am so happy Red had a full recovery. 😊🙏 I am praying for the same in my baby. 🙏
We are thrilled you found this helpful! We gave ours yogurt at least 3 times a day, it should be her only food so she needs plenty of it! Probiotic water to drink! Good luck, your hen sounds awesome!
@@TheKunkelHomestead Oh my goodness thank you so much for your reply, I greatly appreciate it i feel so bad seeing her down and not herself I noticed right away. I'm hopeful that this will work thanks to wonderful people like yourselves who are helpful trying to help others. I'm very grateful and very much appreciate it. Thank you 😊🙏🙏🙏
My baby is all better she made a full recovery and is acting her normal self. I am so happy she is feeling better. Just wanted to say thank you again for sharing this amazing video. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Many blessings your way! 🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊
@@godisinfinite6730 hooray!
What probiotic do I buy ?
We have some links in the video description
I tried doing this today and after 2 hours my hen died and I don’t understand why I did exactly what u did and I thought it worked but it wouldn’t stop trying to vomit like there was more inside so I kept trying and it died I DONT KNOW WHYYYYY did did I kill it pls tell me I didn’t or I can’t live 😭😭😭😭
We are not veterinarians nor have we seen your hen, but it's possible it wasn't caught in time and it was already too late when you began efforts. Sour crop is difficult to catch and treat. So sorry you lost your bird 😞
No ofc I don’t blame it’s true it’s been sick for 4 day but I only didn’t think of anything but thanks for the information
Do you turn them on their back so they don’t aspirate?
NO, that will increase chance of asphyxiation...bend forward and massage crop.