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

[Ccort]

My 3.5ish year old hen had a somewhat hard and very full crop this morning. I gave her some veg oil this morning and massages the crop. I also put probiotics and electrolytes in her water and took away her food.

Note-shes been going through a rather long and tedious molt

This afternoon, the crop feels like it's becoming sour crop. There is no noticable lump inside, but now a large, squishy crop. I gave her yeast infection cream and olive oil, continued the probiotic/electrolyte water and have been off and on massaging her crop. So far, it hasn't changed shape.

However, what's throwing me off from my normal experiences with sour crop/impaction is that she's still hungry and not at all lethargic. She just wants to go on her merry way like nothing is wrong! She seems quite hungry so I did give her one raw egg but do not plan to allow any more food today/tonight.

Could I be looking at something other than sour crop? Her stool is a green color, although she isn't passing any now because she didn't have an food most of the day. It also had some fibrous material/grass so maybe that's why it's green.

 

[Ccort]

This morning it feels like play-dough. No shrinkage.

Help?

 

[Ccort]

I gave her more oil and yeast infection cream this morning, no food.

 

[alinas2010]

Hello, sorry to hear about your chicken. Crop issues are some of the most frustrating to navigate for me. Sometimes it’s a bit of experimenting until you get things worked out. Molting can cause some things to go wonky, it’s a bit of a reset. That is when my hens have had crop issues, too.

I think you’ve got a good start, the oil and massages are always me go to in the beginning. Next is the miconazole, which you’ve started, that’s good, too. What dosage are you giving? Is she taking it okay? This treatment can take few days to start to see improvement, so be patient.

I don’t restrict food or water from my hens when they have crop issues, but I know some people do. They can be self limiting sometimes with how much they eat when they don’t feel well and generally crop issues make them feel miserable. It is good that she is passing stool with fibrous material in it. She may be getting things worked out slowly.