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If I had a patient like Carmen, I would temporarily install her in a crate on some old absorbent towels and tube feed her a few times a day to fill her crop and keep her hydrated. You can get a tube feeding kit for a small animal from your vet for a few dollars. I can instruct you how to use it...

I'm sorry. She was likely beyond the help of the antibiotic. Start Carmen on the antibiotic. It's worth a try.

Did you pick up the antibiotic from your vet? Get the sick hen started on it. You should see improvement within 24 hours.

Yes, that could be an early symptom of mold exposure. You do need to find all possible sources of mold and clean it up as mold multiplies, increasing the risk. This is where the sense of smell serves us. Mold smells bad. It's the opposite of fresh sweet bedding or fresh chicken feed. Anything...

I just thought of a problem giving charcoal with an antibiotic. It would interfere with complete absorption, so go ahead and pick up a bottle to keep in reserve if you see signs of mold toxicity - lameness and balance problems, and only give the charcoal if you see these symptoms while the...

Impacted crop is not just a partially emptied crop. It's a full, usually lumpy crop. The odds are in favor of another chicken needing antibiotics. It's great your vet will go along with your request, so inform them you need enough to treat a second chicken. The fact you have two chickens with...

Do you have any antibiotics on hand? Anything left over from a human prescription? It's entirely possible this hen is suffering from botulism toxin from the compost pile. Composting discarded kitchen scraps and old chicken feed may seem ecologically virtuous, but if chickens have access to this...

Has she started to lay? Have you checked her crop? Do your chickens dig in a compost pile where spoiled food is tossed? What is your location and current weather?