hen moving neck weird and not eating!!

[Chiknsrcool]

I noticed my hen being lethargic yesterday and she was very light when I picked her up. I tried to feed her eggs and she hardly ate any and today I tried feeding her and she didn’t eat at all. Her crop area is making weird gurgleing sounds and she keeps making a movement like she’s readjusting her crop. She is also sitting back and she has a bulge in her neck that just feels like her neck is crooked. It doesn’t feel like a tumor or anything , it’s the size it’s supposed to be. Any advice ?

 

[LaFleche]

She might be suffering from sour crop
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

When did you last deworm?

How old is she and when did she last lay an egg?

 

[Chiknsrcool]

She might be suffering from sour crop
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

When did you last deworm?

How old is she and when did she last lay an egg?

I don’t think we’ve ever dewormed her, how would I do that if I can?
She is about 5 and I am not sure when her last egg was.

 

[Chiknsrcool]

I don’t think we’ve ever dewormed her, how would I do that if I can?
She is about 5 and I am not sure when her last egg was.

Also her crop is empty so I don’t know if it could still be sour crop

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Does her breath smell sour?

 

[LaFleche]

I don’t think we’ve ever dewormed her, how would I do that if I can?

Just follow the instructions given in this link

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...s-for-poultry-waterfowl-and-game-birds.75490/

At already five years old and not laying she might have some kind of reproductive disorder (i.e.cancer) going on which is quite common in older hens, often also leading to crop issues.

But the easiest thing to start with is deworming and adding some poultry vitamins and electrolytes to her water.

 

[azygous]

It sounds like she may have impacted crop. I describe how to treat it here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[GlicksChicks]

I agree with the impacted crop diagnosis.

 

[Chiknsrcool]

It sounds like she may have impacted crop. I describe how to treat it here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

even if her crop is empty?

 

[Chiknsrcool]

I agree with the impacted crop diagnosis.

her crop is empty though so I don’t know what I can do to help her