[Mikey]

One of our two chickens has had sour crop for 3 weeks or so and is off lay.

Other than that she appears to be well.  She eats, dust bathes and does the usual chicken type thingk.

Her symptoms are a soft distended crop, stretching neck movements and a croaky sort of call.

We have tried making her vomit and she is eating live yoghurt. 

Is she likely to recover?

[Roughlee Handled]

I very much doupt its is sower crop. 
On major thing is she is eating and had lived for 3 weeks with it.
Is her crop very large and pronounced first thing in the morning? She should look (sorry for the thought) a one breasted woman.
What does her breath smell of?
If it is something dead then it sour crop.

Has she been wormed recently as it could be gape worm.

[Roughlee Handled]

Just looking at this again

......stretching neck movements and a croaky sort of call........

How old is this bird?
I have a thought is she changing sex and becoming a cockerel?

Yes it is possible in the young.

[virgotiger]

i'm new to keeping chickens its been 5 wks...just read a reply from roughlee handled mentioning "one breasted woman"...well i have a buff orpington(bantam size) who looks like that, she's eating well and has been laying everyday for a week, so should i be worried about her lopsided look? it feels quite firm...she's quite greedy and i know she's had a toad and a frog from my garden and she always grabs the other ones worms

[joyfull]

When you let them out in the morning her crop should be empty giving your hen a more normal even appearance, but as she eats during the day it will fill up giving her the one breasted look as ruff calls it. This is quite normal 

[Mikey]

She is about 18 months.

The contents of her crop do not smell that bad.

We will try worming her.

Should we worm the poultry on a regular basis?

[Aunt Sally]

Her symptoms are a soft distended crop

Is it like that in the morning before she has anything to eat or drink ?

[Roughlee Handled]

I worm every six months but always read the packet.

I use Flubenvet.

[Mikey]

Aunt sally. Her crop is soft and distended at all times. If anything it is bigger first thing in the morning.

[poultrygeist]

There is such a thing as slow crop which indicates a blockage but allows some food and liquids to pass through I think.

It could soon become sour crop though and lead to infection.

Have you tried a small amount of liquid paraffin ?

Rob

[Aunt Sally]

Personally I'd get a vet to check it out but it's up to you.  

[Foxy]

has she laid recently?? breathless at all?

[Mikey]

She has not laid for a couple of weeks.  She is not breathless hut her clucks are very deep as if she has a sore throat.