First case of impacted crop - advice

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So earlier today, I gave her scrambled eggs with mineral oil. Her crop stayed full and hard until this afternoon, and now it is feels like mostly just fluid. She has been drinking, since her water level has gone down during the day, whenever I checked it.

Tonight, she seems a bit off, though it is roosting time, so I don't know. She is standing in the crate with her eyes closed. I checked her crop, and it just liquidy, and I don't feel any masses.

Attached images show what her poop is like now. I'm not sure if any of that is related to the yogurt, scrambled eggs, and mineral oil I gave her earlier today. Not sure what my course of action should be now.

I did get a syringe tonight, along with some aquarium hose. Is it still a recommendation to put more fluids into her? Her crop is a little smaller than a baseball, but again, seems to be mostly fluids. I also don't smell anything bad near her face, so hopefully that means nothing has soured yet.

Still no egg today, but she isn't acting egg bound. Tail is up, and she is standing upright.
 

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It sounds more and more like she has something going on with her reproductive organs, and the crop symptoms may be secondary. I will check back in tomorrow. Glad that she is inside.
 
Good morning everyone! My chicken, 'Merry May', is doing better this morning. She has been squawking. Her crop is normal, so I gave her her water back. She passed quite the mess last night, which included a soft shelled egg, all folded up on itself. See the attached photo. I'm guessing this was the cause of the blockage. When I checked her vent last night, I did not feel this inside, so it must have been up in there somewhere. There was also some blood. Should I be worried about an infection up in the works somewhere?

At this point, she's hungry. Should I go ahead and start feeding her some soft foods? Maybe some more scrambled eggs, yogurt..etc.?
 

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That is a good picture of a collapsed egg membrane and egg contents. It is good that she is hungry. Offer some watery chicken feed and a little cooked egg. She may still feel bad today with that going on. I would get some antibiotics to give to help prevent infection. Here is one to order that is $23 for 100 ml of liquid baytril:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/misc/

Dosage is 0.05 ml per pound given orally twice a day for 5-6 days. That would be 0.25 or 1/4 ml for a 5 pound bird. Do not put it in her water because it tastes bad.
 

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