Help impacted crop

[humminbird94]

My hen is roughly 4 years old ( she was inherited). On another subreddit I just learned she has an impacted crop. It's morning time here, and the crop is hard. I gave her veg oil and oily scrambled eggs ( as I saw online) and after 15 minutes began massaging the area. I can feel the food, as I'm massaging it feels like I'm kneeding dough. I've also started giving her water with probiotic via a droplet.
How often should I repeat this treatment daily? At what point should I definitely take her to the vet?
She has been lethargic for a few days and I original thought it was because of a leg she had reinjured. At this point her eyes are mostly closed throughout the day.. She went out to forage but is stopping for long periods of times with her eyes closed.

This morning her poop is white liquid.

 

[Eggcessive]

Her crop impaction could be related to a slowdown in digestion from something else going on with her. Internal laying, egg yolk peritonitis, water belly, cancer, or an impacted gizzard are some of those possible causes. Has she laid eggs recently? Her poop looks like she is not drinking enough.

To treat a doughy crop, I would separate her inside a dog crate with plenty of water, but no food for 24 hours. Poultry NutriDrench or electrolytes would be helpful. Massage her crop several times a day in a downward motion. Check her crop in the early morning to see if it has emptied some. Plain yogurt, egg, and a small amount very mushy feed could be given tomorrow if her crop has emptied some. Keep massagjng several times a day.

 

[humminbird94]

Her crop impaction could be related to a slowdown in digestion from something else going on with her. Internal laying, egg yolk peritonitis, water belly, cancer, or an impacted gizzard are some of those possible causes. Has she laid eggs recently? Her poop looks like she is not drinking enough.

To treat a doughy crop, I would separate her inside a dog crate with plenty of water, but no food for 24 hours. Poultry NutriDrench or electrolytes would be helpful. Massage her crop several times a day in a downward motion. Check her crop in the early morning to see if it has emptied some. Plain yogurt, egg, and a small amount very mushy feed could be given tomorrow if her crop has emptied some. Keep massagjng several times a day.

I haven't seen her laying. The previous owner said that she fell from the coop and injured her leg and hadn't been laying. Since she still favors her leg when she walks I assumed she was just continuing to not lay because of this. And I thought her lethargy stemmed from that. But now I've been made aware of the impacted crop.

I'm new to chicken care. I do see her drink, but maybe it's not as frequently as she should. We live in Louisiana now, so high temperatures.

I don't see worms in her poop, I saw something about running poop and coccidiosis does her poop look like that may the problem, as well as the impaction?

 

[Eggcessive]

I keep all water shaded and refill waterers throughout the day to keep it cool. Older hens can lie around a lot if they are having reproductive disorders, as well as due to injuries or arthritis. Worm eggs can be present in poop, and some worms are too small to be seen without a microscope. Valbazen 1/2 ml or SafeGuard liquid goat wormer and horse paste 1/4 ml per pound can be used to worm chickens. Repeat in 10 days.

 

[humminbird94]

I keep all water shaded and refill waterers throughout the day to keep it cool. Older hens can lie around a lot if they are having reproductive disorders, as well as due to injuries or arthritis. Worm eggs can be present in poop, and some worms are too small to be seen without a microscope. Valbazen 1/2 ml or SafeGuard liquid goat wormer and horse paste 1/4 ml per pound can be used to worm chickens. Repeat in 10 days.

Would Corid work? I believe the tractor supply in town has it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Corid is safe to use if you suspect coccidiosis, even if she doesn’t have it. Dosage is 10 ml or 2 tsp of the liquid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder Corid per gallon of water for 5-7 days. If you can talk your vet into letting you bring in some fresh droppings to exam under a microscope, that can rule out coccidiosis and worms eggs.

 

[humminbird94]

Corid is safe to use if you suspect coccidiosis, even if she doesn’t have it. Dosage is 10 ml or 2 tsp of the liquid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder Corid per gallon of water for 5-7 days. If you can talk your vet into letting you bring in some fresh droppings to exam under a microscope, that can rule out coccidiosis and worms eggs.

My sweet girl just passed away. Thank you for all your help. I guess I was too late. I'm heart broken. And also worried now about the rest of my flock. Does crop impaction really cause death or was it likely something else?

 

[Fluffy Featherz]

Aww, so sorry for your loss..impacted crop can kill a chicken because it blocks food from passing, but I’m not sure if it could have been something else too. If you do have another problem with impacted crop, u can also try giving them granite grit, small cold chunks of coconut oil and a stool softener like Dulcolax. You can find more about it here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ I pray u don’t get more problems like this. God Bless!