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She's about 3 years old. Poop is very pasty yellow/white, little to no brown. I felt her vent area to check for swelling/internal laying, she felt normal. Her crop is very watery and bloated, but honestly, I think it's because she's been drinking constantly. She's nearly emptied the quart...

Sounds like an impacted crop. This is just something I've heard a couple of times, but perhaps a spoonful of olive oil would help lubricate up what's left inside his throat and help it move?

I noticed one girl sitting alone, feathers puffed up. What really got me was how pale her eyelids were. On the second day I pulled her out and isolated her. I believe it's a respiratory infection. She's got pale eyes, a bit of poo around the vent (whitish', and a lethargic, puffed up stance...

When she vomits, is it liquid brown and yeasty/beer smelling? Sounds like sour/impacted crop to me. Basically, a yeast infection of the crop. Give her gatorade- no solid foods- for 24 hours. You'll need to empty the crop, which is scary, but doable. IF THE CROP HAS SOLID IN IT, THIS WON'T WORK...

When she vomits, is it liquid brown and yeasty/beer smelling? Sounds like sour/impacted crop to me. Basically, a yeast infection of the crop. Give her gatorade- no solid foods- for 24 hours. You'll need to empty the crop, which is scary, but doable. IF THE CROP HAS SOLID IN IT, THIS WON'T WORK...

Sneezing, maybe? The second sneeze is a little louder, but sometimes my girls get corn stuck up their nose and it makes them sneeze. She eating/drinking okay?

I'm pretty sure some of my girls have worms. I thought it was just due to getting old, but the abrupt stopping in egg production in my smaller coop, as well as how skinny and somewhat lethargic a few seem, points to worms. Even if it isn't worms, I'm still like to de-worm as a preventative...

I'd rather just let her be. I think it was a case of sour crop that went on too long, and that she grew too weak. Hard to tell, but I'd rather just let her be. :(

It might have been sour crop. When I went out to sit with her IO found her crop had a small amount of fluid, and managed to make her vomit a small amount of thick, yeast-like fluid. Maybe she was starving herself because of the sour crop, and that's why I couldn't recognize it. Regardless, it...

It's possible. I feel a large mass between her legs, and when In squeeze it, part of the uterus balloons out the vent. How would I go about treating this without causing her more pain?

Her crop is totally empty. Nothing. I've seen and smelled sour crop before, and she doesn't fit the bill. As for lash egg- I'm not entirely sure what that is? Regardless- she seems to be fading. She's laying on a towel, head forward on the ground, eyes closed, salivating a little. When I...

She wont touch food, and when I got some water into her she vomited. nothing is coming out of her vent except the small amount of poop when I pushed. Maybe it's a soft-shelled egg? I've lubed and massaged chickens before- she just presents really differently than any egg bound I've seen before...

She's been like this since last night. I just assumed she was bed down to keep her feet warm, but this morning is when I found her. This has all happened in the span of a few minutes. I've got her resting in the garage with the space heater on and foot/water in reach. She just lays there.

Any suggestions? I've considered pushing out the large mass under her vent- it would prolapse, of course, but then I could gently clean it and push it back in. I don't want to cause her much more pain than necessary, though, as she already seems to be miserable. I'm on the fence about just...

I have a 2-3 year old hen, red sex link, nothing special. I nticed ehr bedded down in the coop last night and checked under her for eggs, and when I found nothing, I just assumed she was keeping her feet warm. This morning, she wouln't leave the coop. She can barely stand on her own. I...