Very informative article!! I am a house and pet sitter and chickens seem to be the popular pet that people have for me to care for. This is an article that I will keep a copy of!!
I will keep this somewhere I can easily refer to. I've lost 2 hens to crop issues. It's a very lonely place when you feel helpless. Thank you for all the information.
Excellent article! I will be checking my hens every day now! I have a 9 year old hen that I really want to watch out for and this info is very helpful.
I do not have any chickens at this time but someday they will be apart of my life. I am interested in learning as much as possible before becoming a chicken parent. This article was very thorough.
This is by far the best article I've read. It's so hard to get through all the garbage on the internet to find something useful. I loved how discuss the whole anatomy *AND* address the various 'levels' of crop symptoms. I have a question for you though:
For sour crop/yeast treatment - you call out 3 different treatments (the home concoction, vaginal cream, and Acidified Copper Sulfate) citing that each one is effective for stubborn yeast. Is one preferred over the other, or should they be tried in a certain order? It *seems* like mixing the copper sulfate in water would be the most effective treatment because you're not trying to force feed them - no?