Chicken with water for poop

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My 2 yr old cinnamon queen has been isolating herself from the flock of 6. Losing a lot of feathers, I thought she was just molting. Drinking alot of water not eating much. Crop feels like a water balloon with grit in it. Does not have bad breath. Lethargic. Feels skinny. I have brought her into the house yesterday with the heat. Is only pooping what looks like water. She had bumble foot that looks nearly cleared up. Outside of the bumble foot the rest of the symptoms have been about a week.
 

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I had this same problem a couple of years ago. I treated my girl for everything I could think of, so I'm not completely sure what was actually her problem. I really think it was impacted crop that had turned sour. Her watery poop had a really strong smell and had the little green clumps in it like yours.
I treated her for impacted crop with chunks of unrefined coconut oil and very gentle massage several times a day. I ended up having to give her stool softener too. (doccusate sodium). That info is on this site. Make sure to look this up, because you only want the plain stool softener without stimulant.
For the sour crop, I used miconazole. You can look up the dose on this site.
I also dewormed the whole flock with Safeguard horse paste. (just in case it was worms blocking her up)
While I was doing all of this, she was separated from the flock with plenty of water and a wet mash of crumbles mixed with water.
I'm not an expert on this, so hopefully one of the much more experienced folks on this site chime in. They really helped me save my girl.
 
I just brought her in yesterday and she really didn't have any interest in food. I was thinking it could be sour crop. So in the morning she still had a squishy crop. Not emptied out but her bedding was soaked from water poop. Nothing really in it. Today she ate a little Greek yogurt and a few blueberries, a raw egg and I gave her coconut oil and a message. Not sure if it is sour crop. Not sure what to feed her and if I should be offering more food. Yesterday she wouldn't eat scrambled eggs and she was staying by herself that's when I realized something was really wrong and I realized that all of the wet poop I had been cleaning up this week was from her. Nature's best organic egg layers pellets is what is in their feeder with buff clucks supplements in it. So I don't watch them eat so not sure? And I didn't leave food in there with her all day today. Would love suggestions on what to do next.
 
I had this same problem a couple of years ago. I treated my girl for everything I could think of, so I'm not completely sure what was actually her problem. I really think it was impacted crop that had turned sour. Her watery poop had a really strong smell and had the little green clumps in it like yours.
I treated her for impacted crop with chunks of unrefined coconut oil and very gentle massage several times a day. I ended up having to give her stool softener too. (doccusate sodium). That info is on this site. Make sure to look this up, because you only want the plain stool softener without stimulant.
For the sour crop, I used miconazole. You can look up the dose on this site.
I also dewormed the whole flock with Safeguard horse paste. (just in case it was worms blocking her up)
While I was doing all of this, she was separated from the flock with plenty of water and a wet mash of crumbles mixed with water.
I'm not an expert on this, so hopefully one of the much more experienced folks on this site chime in. They really helped me save my girl.
Was her crop hard or squishy and did you just leave a bowl with the wet mashed food with her all day and about how long was she not well. Thank you for the response. I hate seeing her sick and I just feel so helpless.
 

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