Egg bound or molting? Update: crop problem and watery poop

[The Welch Chickens]

Our hen has been listless and inactive for three days.
The first day, she was slow looking during afternoon free range time (she actually went into the run and sat down), and I was worried that she was egg bound (she’s been egg bound once before). I took her inside to a sick cage and tried to feed her calcium, but she just looked anxious to get back outside. I put her back in the coop and she looked fine after that.
Yesterday she started to molt on her neck area and looked a tiny bit sluggish.
Today she is standing with her tail down, but her eyes still don’t have an egg bound look…if that makes sense. I’ve dealt with egg binding a lot and I’m pretty sure she just has “the molting blues”, but I want to be positive. Thoughts?

 

[Eggcessive]

It won’t hurt to give her a human calcium tablet with vitamin D once, in case she is egg bound. Offer some egg and watery feed. But molting hens will stop laying eggs eventually in a few days. What is her age? Most will molt around 18 months and then once a year. Look her over for a poopy vent, and lice or mites on her skin. Is her crop empty of full, firm or squishy?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Does it look like someone had a pillow fight in the coop? How old is the hen?
It is rather normal for them to feel like crap when molting?
They also won't lay then so likely not egg bound. I didn't see any behavior that looked like an egg bound hen either.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

She looked more energetic today and her tail was up and eyes bright this afternoon. I took a good look at her molting process and it looks pretty painful…her whole chest area is dropping feathers quick and her neck and back are starting to go bare. Poor baby.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

What is her age?

How old is the hen?

About a year and a half.

Is her crop empty of full, firm or squishy?

I will check her crop tomorrow morning before she eats.

It is rather normal for them to feel like crap when molting?

Yes. Some of my other hens have been crabby with their molting these past few weeks, but not to the point of sitting down, which is why I wanted to make sure this is not a different issue.

Look her over for a poopy vent, and lice or mites on her skin.

I will do so tomorrow.

 

[Eggcessive]

It is good that she was feeling better today. They never feel their best when molting, but she should get through it.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

She's not looking well right now. Closing her eyes repeatedly, tail down, slumping listlessly.
I have her in a cage in our basement, and I'm about to feed her a mash containing feed, a bit of mealworm suet I had, a scrambled egg, peanut butter, tahini (which is basically sesame seed paste) and honey. No mites or lice as far as I could see. Clear vent as well.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is her crop empty or full? Can you check it first thing in the morning to make sure that it is empty?

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Is her crop empty or full? Can you check it first thing in the morning to make sure that it is empty?

I can try.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Update: she ate at about 9 last night, and I checked her crop just now (9 am in my time). It is slightly full…feels like a balloon filled with wet sand. She did a huge watery, green poop when I turned on the light.

I was going to feed her scrambled eggs with some vitamins but I didn’t yet because of her full crop. Is that the right decision? I’ve dealt with a sour/impacted crop before, but I just hope she doesn’t have worms or anything like that (worms would be a new issue for me!)