water filled crop

[hennible]

Egg bound means an egg is stuck, possible broken inside blocking the bird up.
Put pressure on the tummy from under the ribs and feel your way to the birds vent. If you feel an hard lump, egg shaped, she's egg bound. What your doing to treat the crop is great ( yeah it's on the upper chest just under the neck, it stores food Pedro it's goes to the gizzard) but that a treatment for impacted crop, which may help, but if she has sour crop it's a yeast infection in the organ....
So something anti fungal or probiotic ( like the yogurt), apple cider vinegar, grapefruit seed extract... But if she has a really bad infection you will want something stronger.
Keep posting, I see if I can find more info about the crop.

 

[hennible]

Oh also what kind of chicken? And when was the last egg?

 

[sniffylemur507]

Oh also what kind of chicken? And when was the last egg?

shes a blue andalusian and the last egg what like 2 or 3 weeks ago

 

[sniffylemur507]

and whats the weird thing ive heard about hens taht get a disease and kind of turn into the rooster?

 

[hennible]

It's hormonal like chicken menopause
Maybe.... not likely she could be egg bound so long and live... Is she moulting?

 

[sniffylemur507]

i dont know

 

[sniffylemur507]

the only reason i asked about the rooster thing is beacsue she runs around pecking the other hens her comb doesnt flop anymore and i THINK she crowed

 

[sniffylemur507]

what happens when they moult

 

[hennible]

Like shedding, they lose their feathers in a pattern (head first, then chest...) and re-grow them. She'll have bald spots and usually they don't lay eggs during moult.

 

[sniffylemur507]

oh she has just as many feathers as ever!