Chicken attacked by dog, eye and neck injury. Breathing weird. Help!

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

Okay thank you so much! Her breath has a bit of a sour smell, I will look into it more!

 

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

Update:

I looked up the symptoms of sour crop and she matches. I gave her some olive oil and massaged her crop before bed, and I will see if it drains by morning. If not, I will try and drain it by holding her upside down and massaging her crop. (This is what the website says, if anyone knows a better option please let me know). She is opening her eye more often and the only difference I notice is that is a orange/red compared to her normal eye, which is more yellow. Goodnight and thank you for all the help so far!

 

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

Update:

She definitely has sour crop. I did more research and I am not going to try and force her to regurgitate unless I have no other options. I took her outside and washed off her bottom with some warm water today, it was covered in poo. I’m seeing a lot of different treatments for sour crop online, but I’m not sure what works best. Please let me know what treatment y’all would recommend!

 

[Eggcessive]

It is possible that she was working on a sour crop when she got hurt. I have had very bad luck treating crop disorders, since most of my hens who suffered from it had something else going on, probably reproductive disorders that put pressure on the abdominal organs. Many people lose chickens when they attempt to make them vomit, and especially if they have given oil. It is risky. But many of the articles recommend it. You might want to treat with an antifungal cream such as Monistat (miconazole) or clotrimazole (Lotrimin.) A better option is to get Nystatin, which you can buy online without a prescription for pigeons called Medistatin powder. But that will take time to get, so you can use the cream until then. Some people recommend acidified copper sulfate (not plain copper sulfate) in the water, and another BYCer likes tomato juice. Hopefully, her crop will start working.

 

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

It is possible that she was working on a sour crop when she got hurt. I have had very bad luck treating crop disorders, since most of my hens who suffered from it had something else going on, probably reproductive disorders that put pressure on the abdominal organs. Many people lose chickens when they attempt to make them vomit, and especially if they have given oil. It is risky. But many of the articles recommend it. You might want to treat with an antifungal cream such as Monistat (miconazole) or clotrimazole (Lotrimin.) A better option is to get Nystatin, which you can buy online without a prescription for pigeons called Medistatin powder. But that will take time to get, so you can use the cream until then. Some people recommend acidified copper sulfate (not plain copper sulfate) in the water, and another BYCer likes tomato juice. Hopefully, her crop will start working.

Okay thank you so much! I have miconazole, how would I give it to her? And how much? Thank you for the help!

 

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

Update:
Things are getting worse. She hasn’t pooped since yesterday, and her poop was all white with some grass in it. And it stinks to high heaven in the room she’s in, holy cow. I think last night she vomited, as there is some bile on the floor.
Here is the treatment right now:
Twice a day, I’m mixing miconazole with water and using a dropper to give it to her, as she will not eat anything.
Twice a day, I’m giving her water with garlic and apple cider vinegar.
I’m massaging her crop every few hours.
Please please help me if you have any advice or treatments, I’m getting very worried about her!

 

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

Very sad news... she didn’t make it. I went into check on her and she was dead. I feel so immensely terrible- I think I should have taken the risk and tried to clear the blockage myself. Thank you all for helping me this far.

 

[Eggcessive]

So sorry for your loss. Sometimes doing a necropsy can explain what might have been going on inside.

 

[rachelisneat]

So sorry, it’s hard when one thing leads to another, they definitely have trouble fighting off complications. Hope you’re doing okay