Has impaction turned sour crop but is still hungry and energetic?

[Wyorp Rock]

I'd just pull her aside a couple of times a day to give the Miconazole and coconut oil, otherwise let her run about and do as she pleases.

Provide her normal feed wet or dry and see that she's drinking well.

 

[Ccort]

I'd just pull her aside a couple of times a day to give the Miconazole and coconut oil, otherwise let her run about and do as she pleases.

Provide her normal feed wet or dry and see that she's drinking well.

But she isn't eating?

 

[Eggcessive]

If she is drinking, as long as she is getting some, it is good. Sick hens with crop problems probably won’t eat normally until the crop is emptying.

 

[Ccort]

If she is drinking, as long as she is getting some, it is good. Sick hens with crop problems probably won’t eat normally until the crop is emptying.

It's no smaller this morning.

It's been six days, no improvement and she's definitely becoming lethargic and losing weight. You expect her to improve still?

 

[alinas2010]

It's no smaller this morning.

It's been six days, no improvement and she's definitely becoming lethargic and losing weight. You expect her to improve still?

We hope she will improve, that’s all you can do is try for her. But no one really knows. Is vet care an option? That’s another thing you could try.

 

[Ccort]

Honestly, I have a vet appt for tomorrow but they e never known what to do for issues in the past. They admit to having little to no experience.

I'm still waiting for acidified copper sulfate to arrive

 

[alinas2010]

Honestly, I have a vet appt for tomorrow but they e never known what to do for issues in the past. They admit to having little to no experience.

I'm still waiting for acidified copper sulfate to arrive

I agree with what the wyorp rock and Eggcessive said, that’s what I’d do for my hen in this situation. Just keep working at it and hopefully she will turn a corner. I’m so sorry she doesn’t seem to be getting better. I hope there is some insight that the vet may have. Maybe imaging will show what’s blocking her what and where.

Do you actually feel anything in her crop that could be blocking it? By chance?