My hen is very lethargic and keeps drinking water.

[sidney]

I noticed my Americana hen was staying close to the coop while the others were foraging. The next day, I picked her up and squeezed her crop and all this liquid with food came out. Her crop was not hard and not enlarged. I squeezed several times until most of it came out. I squeezed her vent area and below and did not feel any hard masses. She pooped when I put her down and it was watery and had some green stuff in it. I gave her some antibiotic and a drop of ivomec below her neck. Today, she's in her coop just drinking water continuiously. What causes a chicken to drink so much water?
When I picked her up, her weight seemed normal. She's 3 yrs old. I'm worried. My other chickens have just started to lay eggs again. They're all 3 or 4 years old so they haven't layed any eggs since october.

 

[janetk]

sounds like her crop is blocked. she may keep drinking water thinking it will unblock it. try searching for blocked crop and see what you might do. good luck.

 

[sidney]

Thank you for the advice. I think it was a blocked crop. I massaged her crop and gave her some olive oil and today she jumped out of her coop when I opened the door. I gave her another massage today and more olive oil. Her crop was full of liquid before and today it was pretty empty. Just some scratch and a little liquid. Thanks for the advice.