Chicken has sour crop

[Emily_mae]

She doesn't have an impacted crop she has a sour crop with an impacted gizzard

 

[Emily_mae]

Can you post a photo of her poop? Green can be normal depending on the shade but it can also be an indication that her digestive system is shutting down. The white is just urates from the kidneys like urine is for us.
That swelling does not look good and whilst I am not sure what is causing it I'm not sure there is much that you can do about it.
There is no treatment, as far as I am aware, for an impacted gizzard. Do you mean an impacted crop and if so, are you planning to vomit her or do surgery? I personally believe that any crop or digestive problem is linked to that abdominal swelling and you will just be trying to treat the symptom rather than the cause.

I do wish you luck but sadly I do not believe that this will end well for your hen.

 

[Emily_mae]

 

[rebrascora]

She doesn't have an impacted crop she has a sour crop with an impacted gizzard

How do you know this? As far as I am aware it would be difficult if not impossible to diagnose an impacted gizzard whilst the bird was still alive and I believe there is no treatment for an impacted gizzard. How are you planning to treat it?

I really can't make much out in that poop photo with it being so dark.

 

[Emily_mae]

Sorry my phones about dead....I'm quite sure because right above the gizzard is the lungs and she is partially breathing out of her mouth so I believe that with it being swollen that would cause that....and I'm feeding her olive oil and massage it to hopefully break it up. In the morning I will try to get another pic.

 

[Emily_mae]

How do you know this? As far as I am aware it would be difficult if not impossible to diagnose an impacted gizzard whilst the bird was still alive and I believe there is no treatment for an impacted gizzard. How are you planning to treat it?

I really can't make much out in that poop photo with it being so dark.

If it's not that then her small intestine is cloged and that's causing all this

 

[rebrascora]

The gizzard is such a strong, thick muscle, there can be no appreciable swelling. A blockage of the intestine is more likely due to a mass of some description in the abdomen which is causing that swelling. There is more to a birds respiratory system than just their lungs. They have air sacs in various locations in the body, two of them being at the sides of the abdomen. It may be that the mass is also putting pressure on them and causing the respiratory distress. Ascites (water belly) often impacts the respiratory system and causes open mouth breathing. Do you think that swelling could be fluid? If so, draining some of it might give her instant relief, but there are risks to doing so and the fluid will most likely return. The abdominal swelling may also be due to internal laying, where egg yolks released from the ovary fail to travel into the oviduct and instead drop into the abdominal cavity, where they slowly build up over a period of weeks and months and can become infected Egg Yolk Peritonitis or she may have a tumour that is constricting the gut.
Oil and massage can help improve an impacted crop but the gizzard is too deep in the body cavity beneath the rib cage and behind the liver, to massage.

I'm sorry if I am painting a bleak picture but I would not want you to put your girl through any unnecessary treatment or suffering. If veterinary treatment is an option, an avian vet might be able to more accurately diagnose and offer some possible treatments, but most are risky and expensive

 

[Emily_mae]

The gizzard is such a strong, thick muscle, there can be no appreciable swelling. A blockage of the intestine is more likely due to a mass of some description in the abdomen which is causing that swelling. There is more to a birds respiratory system than just their lungs. They have air sacs in various locations in the body, two of them being at the sides of the abdomen. It may be that the mass is also putting pressure on them and causing the respiratory distress. Ascites (water belly) often impacts the respiratory system and causes open mouth breathing. Do you think that swelling could be fluid? If so, draining some of it might give her instant relief, but there are risks to doing so and the fluid will most likely return. The abdominal swelling may also be due to internal laying, where egg yolks released from the ovary fail to travel into the oviduct and instead drop into the abdominal cavity, where they slowly build up over a period of weeks and months and can become infected Egg Yolk Peritonitis or she may have a tumour that is constricting the gut.
Oil and massage can help improve an impacted crop but the gizzard is too deep in the body cavity beneath the rib cage and behind the liver, to massage. View attachment 1408680
I'm sorry if I am painting a bleak picture but I would not want you to put your girl through any unnecessary treatment or suffering. If veterinary treatment is an option, an avian vet might be able to more accurately diagnose and offer some possible treatments, but most are risky and expensive

Well she has something hanging In between her legs and she hasn't laided an egg if about 2 years....idk what it is but she has a sour crop for sure...I haven't feed her to try and see if it would get better and work it's was out but that hasn't worked....should I feed her again or try and wait a little longer

 

[rebrascora]

I have seen a photo of her poop and one of her butt but I haven't seen one of her front end. Does she look very sick or is she still bright eyed? Has she lost a lot of muscle from her breast? Does she feel scrawny? Is her crop pendulous?

Unfortunately I fear that her crop will not clear because the blockage is lower down and sadly I don't believe you can fix her. Does she seem to enjoy having her crop massaged? Is she taking the oil well or are you having to force feed it and is it stressing her? It is hard to make a call without seeing the bird but you can either continue to try to treat the crop problem if it is not stressing her or accept that she is not going to recover from this and make her as happy and comfortable as possible and consider euthanizing her once she loses interest in food or if you can afford to, take her to a vets for a more certain diagnosis but I personally do not have funds to take every sick chicken to the vets and if they are dying, as I suspect she is, I euthanize them as quickly and cleanly as I can.

I'm really sorry

 

[Emily_mae]

I have seen a photo of her poop and one of her butt but I haven't seen one of her front end. Does she look very sick or is she still bright eyed? Has she lost a lot of muscle from her breast? Does she feel scrawny? Is her crop pendulous?

Unfortunately I fear that her crop will not clear because the blockage is lower down and sadly I don't believe you can fix her. Does she seem to enjoy having her crop massaged? Is she taking the oil well or are you having to force feed it and is it stressing her? It is hard to make a call without seeing the bird but you can either continue to try to treat the crop problem if it is not stressing her or accept that she is not going to recover from this and make her as happy and comfortable as possible and consider euthanizing her once she loses interest in food or if you can afford to, take her to a vets for a more certain diagnosis but I personally do not have funds to take every sick chicken to the vets and if they are dying, as I suspect she is, I euthanize them as quickly and cleanly as I can.

I'm really sorry

Well thank you for trying to help!