Chicken, not feeling well, full soft crop, no smell

[my8hens]

Hi all, new chicken owner, but in the smal animal veterinary field for 35+years. I've done a lot of reading about crop issues, my 20 week hen has a soft, distended crop and is neck stretching, also urped up a small amount of liquid (doesn't smell!), there's a recomendation for mineral oil....what about cat laxatone??, see ingredients >>

Maple Flavor
Active Ingredients per Teaspoon (6 grams):
White Petrolatum USP .......... 1285 mg
Soybean Oil .......... 285 mg
Providing:
27 mg Omega 6 Fatty Acids
9 mg Omega 9 Fatty Acids
4 mg Omega 3 Fatty Acids
Light Mineral Oil NF .......... 203 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Cane molasses, corn syrup, gelatin by-products, malt syrup, maple flavor, sodium benzoate, water.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya! Well, I'm not one in the know about using that for crop issues, but this article is one of the best I know of regarding all crop issues.

We all use a lot of 4-legged treatments for our chickens but that's the first time I've seen this one! Maybe someone has though and will pop in!

 

[my8hens]

Hiya! Well, I'm not one in the know about using that for crop issues, but this article is one of the best I know of regarding all crop issues.

We all use a lot of 4-legged treatments for our chickens but that's the first time I've seen this one! Maybe someone has though and will pop in!

Thanks!, the funny thing is the liquid that she's urped up doesn't have a smell, it looks like digested chicken food??, she's in the "infirmary" :-O