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You know I have to be stark raving nuts about chickens. It's why it's so rewarding to help folks make their sick chickens better. You go ahead and try hard to win that lottery! We'll both get more chickens! It definitely is what a girl wants and needs!

I'm so happy to hear about Gabby's progress. While the treatment methods for impacted and sour crop are tested and true, an awful lot depends on the individual patient. Most will get better, and I've had a very serious case just like Gabby respond just as dramatically, and she's still alive and...

Here's the link to the article I forgot to add. It shows a basic bra pattern. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-treat-sour-crop-and-impacted-crop-and-how-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ I would say a good 90% of us chicken freaks are preoccupied with poop. It tells us...

Give the little gal a bit of praise from me for that poop. Yes, the impacted crop is very likely growing yeast by this time and contributing to the fullness. Especially possible from your description of a strong odor. So treating for that should help. The hardness of the crop is a concern...

Poop! Yay! :ya We're rooting for one the size of an egg next!

This is more suspenseful than a TV drama. Just saying. I don't have TV. :caf

When you get the hard mass broken up, softened, and the crop at least partially emptied, you need to begin yeast treatment or it's not going to empty completely. Miconazole is the easiest to obtain. It's just women's vaginal yeast cream. Squeeze off half an inch and wipe it off your finger...

Coconut oil is fine. One stool softener. Team, this is the final inning! Let's do this!

Well, mission accomplished. Sorry about the unholy mess. The flush was supposed to clear out any blockage in her intestines so when the mass breaks up in her crop, she can move it on down and out. After you clean up the "treatment room", have a cup of caffeine, and the patient has had a chance...

Final warning! Stand back!

Did somebody call me an old lingering fart? Okay! The fact that this hen is pooping at all gives room for hope. Just take it slow and easy. We don't want to rupture anything.

This is America. Chickens have the right to be anywhere they want to be.

Speckled Sussex are a breed with strong personality traits. Each of the four I've had have been "intensely" unique. One even loved to practice crowing in the mornings before a bobcat ate her. The one I have left now crows a perfect imitation of the roosters. No, I wouldn't advise the flush...

You've done amazing connecting dots, asking some thought provoking questions. It's triggered some ideas in my head. This is called synergy. When one brain meets another brain to problem solve, the result can be much more than just twice as good. How about you give this little stinker a molasses...

Try freezing the oil and keep it hard with ice cubes while you administer it. Water is most important following the break up of the contents of the crop. If you need to, tube it into her. If you haven't done tubing, it's very easy. In fact, if you use a pencil thin oral syringe, free at most...

Of course the chicken with such a frustrating issue would be the one who's also the most uncooperative. Been there. Have you tried a stool softener along with two teaspoons of oil, wait and hour and massage? If you chill the coconut oil so it's solid, then break it up into pill-size pieces...