Enlarged crop, sour crop

[Australorpfamily]

This link is to my original post about this same bird, HeadHen.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-with-funky-breast-crop.1598010/#post-27582555


As stated in the last post of that thread, HeadHen's crop is huge. During winter when she wasn't laying, she was "normal" or "even" looking.

I have massaged her today, and gave some coconut oil.

Yes, I have read EVERY thread on sour crop and impacted crop- more than once.

I do plan on going to store to find stool softener and micinazole.

Her comb is brightening up, and her wattles are red, so I'm assuming she's gonna start laying soon.

Feed: dumor chick starter /grower, veggie scraps but not every day, wet feed in mornings.

Normal poop under her roost spot- I checked her place last night and it's the same spot as always.

We determined she was just a bigger cropped girl. She doesn't have a smell, yet crop does seem sloshy? With pebbles like in a bean bag.

Maybe she's just unique? I'm trying what I can. If she only does this while laying, what might cause it?

She doesn't move as quickly as the other girls but she comes when food is brought, comes when I call.

Thanks

These photos are from just now(3/16/24 noon)

 

[Australorpfamily]

Eta: I am working on an isolation pen, all my panels are being used for a broody.

Also going to be getting yogurt and probiotics, have done this in past and yesterday, just ran out.

HeadHen is one year old

 

[KurochkaRyaba]

One of my older girls had sour crop bad and it was kind of a cycle I chased for a while. It’s very apparent. I have another hen who always has a giant squishy crop and I was a little worried at first but thats just how she is.

 

[bowerhg]

Such a pretty girl! I have 3 Austalorps. all of them have never looked "normal" in the crop area either. They all are just pretty beefy looking on one side. However, I do have a Wyandotte that is in the process of being treated for sour crop and has the same pebble like feeling in her crop. She is feeling much better now but I can still feel those little pebbles (we still haven't finished treatment though). I would honestly just keep a close eye on her if she does become lethargic and start treating her. My hen with the pebbly crop seemed normal for a while until she wasn't. She seems to have responded well to the miconazole treatment(within a few days).