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    Worm infestation??

    Has she laid eggs since you got her? What do her poops look like, and pictures are welcome. Is her crop empty or full first thing in the morning before she eats and drinks? Are the others letting eat the food? Getting a fecal float on some of her fresh droppings would be ideal if you have a vet...
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    At my wits end with this crop situation!

    You can use Tums, but it lacks the vitamin D 3. I would break Tums in half and give her enough for 300-600mg orally. Just open her beak and place it inside. Yogurt has some vitamin D, and plain is best. Sardines, salmon, tuna, egg yolk are some other good sources.
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    Hen with nasty butt area!

    They can have a bit of diarrhea, and it tends to get into the feathers and build up. If you can bring her inside to soak her butt in warm soapy water, then dry her off and blow her dry, I would. Offer some cottage cheese, about a TB full and some probiotics may help. If she has not been wormed...
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    Ear/Sinus Infection?

    You only would add a drop or two of the peroxide into the ear canal, and then clean it out. Then use some Neosporin ointment inside. The Neosporin can also be used into the eye twice a day to treat infection in the eyes. I would bring her inside once a day to treat, and then put her back out. Or...
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    Ear mites? Vitamin deficiency? Dizzy/stumbling hen, abscess

    Sorry that the surgery did get any pus or feather.
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    Lump on lower beak/jaw

    If you have mosquitoes out and it is warm weather, fowl pox might be the cause. That is a virus that lasts about 3 weeks and clears up without treatment most of the time. Here is a link with pictures of how pox can look: https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/
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    Impacted Crop turned Sour?

    Yes, a small amount of chicken feed with a lot of water can be good. You might want to pick up a few of your chickens to practice feeling crops.
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    *GRAPHIC* Necropsy of 16wk old cockerel - Need help with interpereting photos

    You can use chick starter as well since you don’t have all flock feed where you live. They need about 20% protein as they are growing.
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    Impacted Crop turned Sour?

    After the coconut oil, continue to massage the crop a few times today. Offer some fluids. I would also let her out with her flock so she doesn’t get picked on when she goes back after too long a time.
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    *GRAPHIC* Necropsy of 16wk old cockerel - Need help with interpereting photos

    I am not a vet, but due to the symptoms and the enlarged liver at 16 weeks, I would wonder if avian lymphoid leukosis might be the cause of death. Sorry for your loss. Here is some reading: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/avian-leucosis/82389838...
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    Ear mites? Vitamin deficiency? Dizzy/stumbling hen, abscess

    Good advice from Wyorp Rock to watch and see or to explore it for an ingrown feather.
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    Ear/Sinus Infection?

    I would try to get all of the pus out tomorrow. You can apply a couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide into the ear canal. Then clean it out with QTips gently and apply some plain Neosporin triple antibiotic ointment daily.
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    Impacted Crop turned Sour?

    You give the miconazole directly into the beak. Crops should only be massaged if they are firm. If they are squishy, massaging the crop can push liquid back up into the throat, causing choking. I would offer her a little bit of chicken feed mixed with a lot of water to eat after you check her...
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    White liquid urates with green poo

    I would let her back with others to increase her appetite. The yellow urates can be a sign of liver problems or sometimes dehydration. That may be due to a reproductive disorder, and MG can sometimes be an issue with that. Offering the chicken feed made wet with water in a small bowl is a good...
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    Bump behind eye?

    It could have pus inside. If you clean it with disinfectant and do lance it with a sterilized needle, just don’t get it into her eye. Have someone help you hold her wrapped into a towel if you decide to drain it.
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