NEED HELP chickens crop will not empty, beginning of sour crop

[guest226]

Please help, after the vet visit this morning she is acting very lethargic. She walks slowly and shivers sometimes. She’s all puffed up. I feel a large lump/bubble where the fluid was injected.

After we brought her home she was feeling perfectly fine and this is a complete 360 in her behavior. Is it normal when she’s trying to digest the fluid??

The spot seems to bring her pain when i touch it. Help!!!!!!! I haven’t seen her poop yet but it looks kind of normal (just watery) in the sleeping roost!!!

@Eggcessive
@Wyorp Rock
please help

What fluid was injected, medicine, saline, vitamins? Who injected it? Where was the injection site? For what reason was it injected? You only made mention of being sent home with an antibiotic, not that you were to use it on her at this time.

Obviously, whatever was done to the hen is causing her serious issues. Have you called the vet and informed them of this negative reaction?

I don’t know, they just said fluids. When i got home i noticed what looked like water/fluids all over her butt feathers but she was acting fine. I told the vets about it on a call and they said it’s abnormal for her to reacting this way, and that she should come in again. I’m brining her right now.

 

[guest226]

What fluid was injected, medicine, saline, vitamins? Who injected it? Where was the injection site? For what reason was it injected? You only made mention of being sent home with an antibiotic, not that you were to use it on her at this time.

Obviously, whatever was done to the hen is causing her serious issues. Have you called the vet and informed them of this negative reaction?

They checked her again and said nothing seems wrong. They said it could be anything from cancer to EYP to stress to the molt. Overall i think she’s very stressed and needs to rest. Her poop is greenish but at least she’s pooping.

 

[azygous]

Give her one cup of water with one teaspoon of sugar, and a pinch of salt and baking soda mixed in. If you have some poultry vitamins, add a squirt of those.

She may be just super stressed from the vet visits. This should perk her back up unless she's got something else going on that has now come to the forefront.

 

[guest226]

Give her one cup of water with one teaspoon of sugar, and a pinch of salt and baking soda mixed in. If you have some poultry vitamins, add a squirt of those.

She may be just super stressed from the vet visits. This should perk her back up unless she's got something else going on that has now come to the forefront.

Yeah, I think shes very stressed. She said her abdomen was slightly bigger than a normal hen and I noticed that change too. Before her molt (2 weeks ago) it was completely flat. Here are the things that have changed sincer her molt:

Her crop
Her appetite
Her abdomen/belly
Her poop
And now, ever since the vet visits, her behavior. She is incredibly lethargic and it happened overnight.

 

[Debbie292d]

Yeah, I think shes very stressed. She said her abdomen was slightly bigger than a normal hen and I noticed that change too. Before her molt (2 weeks ago) it was completely flat. Here are the things that have changed sincer her molt:

Her crop
Her appetite
Her abdomen/belly
Her poop
And now, ever since the vet visits, her behavior. She is incredibly lethargic and it happened overnight.

Some of that is typical for a molt. As for the lethargy, like @azygous said, she's probably super stressed from the vet visits. I'd just give her the electrolytes suggested and her usual feed/water and routine so she can relax and see if she's not a little better in a day or two.

 

[guest226]

Some of that is typical for a molt. As for the lethargy, like @azygous said, she's probably super stressed from the vet visits. I'd just give her the electrolytes suggested and her usual feed/water and routine so she can relax and see if she's not a little better in a day or two.

Thank you. The vet felt a bit of lumps/riased tissue but didn't specify on if they felt like cancerous (she said it wasn't obvious enough to say) in her cloaca. But i think i read that lumps can also be just naturally formed over time as she lays more eggs and as she ages.

Ive never had a hen hit so rough with a molt! Usually they're a bit off for a few days but Ive never had digestive issues or any of the sort.

The vet also said to start her on prescribed antibiotics, but i wasn't sure as her crop is still not functioning fast enough. I fear the pills will not be digested into her body in time before the next dose is due and she might get a way more concentrated amount. What do you think @azygous ?

 

[azygous]

Try the electrolyte solution first. That will stabilize her after her stressful vet visits. Also, offer her a soft boiled egg with runny yolk. Chickens can't resist that. Do that for two days each morning, then every other day for a few more days.

Molt can be very hard on a chicken, so hard they will quit eating and just lie about all day. I had to do this with my rooster recently. I'd bring him his soft boiled egg every other morning, and in a week he was back to normal, eating his regular feed again.

 

[Debbie292d]

Try the electrolyte solution first. That will stabilize her after her stressful vet visits. Also, offer her a soft boiled egg with runny yolk. Chickens can't resist that. Do that for two days each morning, then every other day for a few more days.

Molt can be very hard on a chicken, so hard they will quit eating and just lie about all day. I had to do this with my rooster recently. I'd bring him his soft boiled egg every other morning, and in a week he was back to normal, eating his regular feed again.

I've always scrambled the eggs, but I'm going to try this soft-boiled egg for this 3-month-old blind silkie I rescued a few days ago. She's very underweight and not eating. I've been just hand-feeding her mash and syringing water. Going to try this!

 

[guest226]

Try the electrolyte solution first. That will stabilize her after her stressful vet visits. Also, offer her a soft boiled egg with runny yolk. Chickens can't resist that. Do that for two days each morning, then every other day for a few more days.

Molt can be very hard on a chicken, so hard they will quit eating and just lie about all day. I had to do this with my rooster recently. I'd bring him his soft boiled egg every other morning, and in a week he was back to normal, eating his regular feed again.

Ok, i’ll try that! Her poop is very greenish: not emerald green but green, is that normal with slow crop?
and her stomach seems a little more bloated than usual… I know it could be anything but should I give the antibiotics if her crop isn’t emptying and she’salready recovering from stress? The vet told me I should but i’m not sure. I don’t want the doses to pile up due to her slow crop.

 

[azygous]

Don't be in a hurry to use antibiotics. Unless we are reasonably sure she has an infection, they will do more harm than good.

Green poop means she is not getting enough to eat. Do three things. Offer her favorite foods frequently. Also give her an probiotic every day. Be sure she is getting grit, as well.

Keep an eye on her poop and report on it with a photo. It helps to place paper towels under her to catch the poop so the poop will not be obscured by whatever is under it. We need to see it clearly.