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I thought it might be sour crop, however, there is no smell coming from her mouth. Does this change anything?

Hi everyone, I’ve searched everywhere but I can’t find anything so I came here. My hen had been sick for a few days. Her feathers are puffed up and she has a squishy crop. Her wings droop and she doesn’t eat. She also has liquid coming from her mouth, it was initially brown, and now is yellow...

Ok, thank you for all of your help!

I didn’t think very often, our rooster isn’t really the chasing type… Her back hasn’t grown feathers back since we got a bad rooster, but we got rid of him a long time ago. I just thought she might have not molted yet.

Does this work?

Oh, I’ll try that

Did the video help?

I posted a link to a video above

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZEoIy1iJRlUUgvUaCIWxmdshPFusIeuK/view?usp=drivesdk I think this will work, this is the video

Her head and neck movements are normal. She seems alert, but still limping and hiding

I’m not sure how to post a video edit: I figured it out

When she stands, she only puts her weight on her left leg. Her left leg resists when I push up on it, and her right foot won’t close around my finger. Her balance seems off and she sort of hoops with one foot then balances with the other. She doesn’t appear to have pain when I move her foot around.

My two year old black star hen has been limping for a month now. There were no visible wounds so we thought she would recover on her own. Her scales are smooth and she doesn’t have bumblefoot. When I bend her leg, her toes will curl up half the time, but other times they will stay loose and...