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@Vickery here is a good article about treating crop problems: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-treat-sour-crop-and-impacted-crop-and-how-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ Treating sour crop, many use antifungal treatments such as Medistatin (nystatin) which is...

It does sound like sour crop. Here is a link to posting a new thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/create-thread

You can Google “How to humanely euthanize a chicken” for more details and some videos.

I am really sorry to hear about Lizzie not being well, and possibly dying. Many use the cervical dislocation or broomstick method for putting down a chicken. Some cut the jugular vein from which they will bleed out in a minute if hanging by the feet or upside down in a killing cone. There is the...

She does need access to plenty of water all of the time. Some electrolytes with vitamins, or Poultry NutriDrench 2 ml daily would be good as well. During crop problems, I usually feed egg and plain yogurt with cultures (name brands only) and avoid any whole grains or seed. If you give stool...

Be sure that you use doccusate sodium stool softener instead of the laxative when treating a crop disorder—there are many brands of stool softener, and using Dulcolax as a brand name can be harmful if the wrong product, the harsh laxative, is accidentally used.