7month old hen, pendulous crop and water belly, and just laid first egg

[Kpeck]

Glad to hear she was with the girls today.

You may want to bring her in at roosting time so you can see her nightly poop and it will make it easier for you to check her morning crop to see if it's emptying (check first thing in the morning before she eats/drinks).

You can give the juice if you wish, it can help get things moving sometimes. It won't hurt her to have it.

I wonder if she's looking for larger suitable pieces of grit amongst the sand. Do you also provide Grit (Crushed Granite)? If you don't, you may want to do that to see if this keeps her from eating sand. Attach a small cup or feeder to a post in your run, put the grit in that, they will pick out pieces now and again as needed.

Thank you for all this advice! She stayed in one more night so I could monitor how she did being out with the rest for the day. Her crop was pretty much empty in the morning. I do offer grit although I need to attach to the wall since they spill it everywhere. I also added oyster shells as an option because she’s lays daily now. I’m thinking maybe she was trying to get calcium that she needed and that’s why she was eating so much sand and rocks I didn’t do anything more as far as juice etc because she’s been doing really well. Crop totally empty today. Thank you so much! I learn so much from you and the other super knowledgeable chicken gurus

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you for all this advice! She stayed in one more night so I could monitor how she did being out with the rest for the day. Her crop was pretty much empty in the morning. I do offer grit although I need to attach to the wall since they spill it everywhere. I also added oyster shells as an option because she’s lays daily now. I’m thinking maybe she was trying to get calcium that she needed and that’s why she was eating so much sand and rocks I didn’t do anything more as far as juice etc because she’s been doing really well. Crop totally empty today. Thank you so much! I learn so much from you and the other super knowledgeable chicken gurus

Glad to hear she's doing better!
Thank you for the update.