Chicken acting strange for a couple weeks Please Read Updates

[chickengirl2016]

Yes.

Obeserve her poop, take pics to post here.
Then you have to figure out if she has an impacted crop or a sour crop.

Okay! She definitely had/has sour crop. Crop is about 1/3 less full today, but there is still liquid in there! She has had four poops since yesterday at 6pm.
Attached is the photo of what one looks like. They all were similar. They look regular with quite a bit of water. Doesn't appear to be cecal. I believe she is slowly digesting which is good.
Also! Her comb is no longer purple and cold, it is red and warm again!
She isn't laying down all the time or bushed out, shes just chilling standing there.

Gave her a half of her daily dose of Monistat (since that helped overnight last night), will give her the other half in about 4 more hours. We are also going to give her a couple drops of oregano oil again tonight as well. (she doesn't like the taste very much haha)

Should I give her access to water and how much? I gave her a bit after the medicine, about 2 ccs.
Should I wait until her crop is fully empty to give her egg and yogurt?
If she keeps improving, what does the next few days look like as far as amount of food and water, and when to add back in her regular feed?

Thanks!

 

[aart]

Should I give her access to water and how much? I gave her a bit after the medicine, about 2 ccs.
Should I wait until her crop is fully empty to give her egg and yogurt?
If she keeps improving, what does the next few days look like as far as amount of food and water, and when to add back in her regular feed?

Will call @azygous in on this, I don't know enough about it.

 

[chickengirl2016]

Will call @azygous in on this, I don't know enough about it.

Thank you @aart , @azygous, she is really wanting some food and water, especially the past hour. My heart says to give her some, but my mind is cautious. Ill do whatever is best for her. It has been almost 24 hrs since the first dose of monistat and oregano. only things shes had in that time period is a little bit of water and a couple rolled oats so she will take the medicine. Thanks!

 

[aart]

@TwoCrows can you help?

 

[TwoCrows]

Sorry about your girl!

Definitely give her water, water will not hinder the crops movement, if anything it will dilute the built up yeast and will aid in the digestion process.

Are you still giving the Monastat? Give her 2 ml twice daily for several days. You don't need to massage the crop long, just a quick rub after giving the monastat is enough. Soft foods only like hard boiled eggs, warm grits, dampened layer feed, plain yogurt. (Tablespoon of yogurt twice daily) No hard seeds or free ranging, no other treats.

Do you have any Apple Cider Vinegar? 3/4 teaspoon of ACV in 1quart of water changed daily, will help sour up the intestines which acts as prebiotics to the digestive yeasts that will consume the bad yeasts.

If she is really thin, she may be cold. Crops dont move well in cold birds. So if it's cold over night still, you might move her into the garage or basement. Use a heat lamp if needed. She can hang out with the others during the day IF they are not free ranging or getting treats. I would keep her caged around the others though much of the time.

Check her crop first thing tomorrow morning and let us know how full it is or not!

 

[chickengirl2016]

Sorry about your girl!

Definitely give her water, water will not hinder the crops movement, if anything it will dilute the built up yeast and will aid in the digestion process.

Are you still giving the Monastat? Give her 2 ml twice daily for several days. You don't need to massage the crop long, just a quick rub after giving the monastat is enough. Soft foods only like hard boiled eggs, warm grits, dampened layer feed, plain yogurt. (Tablespoon of yogurt twice daily) No hard seeds or free ranging, no other treats.

Do you have any Apple Cider Vinegar? 3/4 teaspoon of ACV in 1quart of water changed daily, will help sour up the intestines which acts as prebiotics to the digestive yeasts that will consume the bad yeasts.

If she is really thin, she may be cold. Crops dont move well in cold birds. So if it's cold over night still, you might move her into the garage or basement. Use a heat lamp if needed. She can hang out with the others during the day IF they are not free ranging or getting treats. I would keep her caged around the others though much of the time.

Check her crop first thing tomorrow morning and let us know how full it is or not!

Thank you so much @TwoCrows !! Just gave her the second dose of monistat for today! I gave her 2ml yesterday and 2 today. I can up the dosage tomorrow. She got put into the garage last night(when we realized how bad she was), our outside temps have been drastically changing here the past few weeks. She sure is hungry and thirsty today so I will put her water in there with her right now! I will see if she wants any yogurt, I think she thinks its more medicine LOL. Her crop was less full today, so hopefully it will be even better tomorrow morning! I will keep you guys updated!

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you so much @TwoCrows !! Just gave her the second dose of monistat for today! I gave her 2ml yesterday and 2 today. I can up the dosage tomorrow. She got put into the garage last night(when we realized how bad she was), our outside temps have been drastically changing here the past few weeks. She sure is hungry and thirsty today so I will put her water in there with her right now! I will see if she wants any yogurt, I think she thinks its more medicine LOL. Her crop was less full today, so hopefully it will be even better tomorrow morning! I will keep you guys updated!

Perfect!! The yogurt will really help with the good bacteria in the crop, it eats the bad stuff. A couple tablespoons a day will help.

Let us know how the crop is in the morning!

Oh and since your gal is sick, I moved this thread to our Emergency forums in case you didn't know.

 

[TwoCrows]

If you have to, load the yogurt in a syringe and shoot it down there.

 

[aart]

shoot it down there.

Make sure you 'shoot' it down the right hole.
Good pic of where in this article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

 

[chickengirl2016]

Perfect!! The yogurt will really help with the good bacteria in the crop, it eats the bad stuff. A couple tablespoons a day will help.

Let us know how the crop is in the morning!

Oh and since your gal is sick, I moved this thread to our Emergency forums in case you didn't know.

Yes, thank you, at first it was just behavior, then it turned into sickness. I had to coerce her into eating about a teaspoon of yogurt by crumbling up a couple dried mealworms on top. but she ate it and seemed to enjoy it! And she finally had the 5th poop since 5pm yesterday too!

If you have to, load the yogurt in a syringe and shoot it down there.

Oh gosh, that always makes me nervous haha.

Make sure you 'shoot' it down the right hole.
Good pic of where in this article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

Thank you, I will read it right away! I wonder where this thread was when I was trying to deworm them LOL. Do you guys think it would be wise to go ahead and deworm her after shes a little better but still in my garage? Or should I wait and be sure this is completely gone before I deworm? Thanks!!

EDIT: forgot to mention that the last time I wormed them was last august.