Help please-old sick hen

[Tookie]

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How she stands all day. (That’s not watermelon it’s a watermelon printed plate for her oatmeal)

Hmm, how’s your weather been? Any sudden changes in it?

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Hmm, how’s your weather been? Any sudden changes in it?

It’s gone from 60 and up to around 50 but she’s always been just fine in weather. Today she’s just standing outside all puffed up and sad

 

[Quarterhorses1]

I feel like she’s suffering. I’m worried.
@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @Overo Mare
@Pampered chicken girl

 

[Eggcessive]

Check her crop to see if it is enlarged and hard or puffy, and again in early morning before she eats or drinks when it should be empty. A long standing crop problem or cancer would be 2 things that might cause weight loss. If you lose her, it would be good to do a necropsy on the body. Azygous has a good article on crop problems:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Check her crop to see if it is enlarged and hard or puffy, and again in early morning before she eats or drinks when it should be empty. A long standing crop problem or cancer would be 2 things that might cause weight loss. If you lose her, it would be good to do a necropsy on the body. Azygous has a good article on crop problems:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

I checked her crop this morning before she ate and found that it was completely normal. After a few hours with water and food it inflated a bit and felt air-filled

 

[Tookie]

I checked her crop this morning before she ate and found that it was completely normal. After a few hours with water and food it inflated a bit and felt air-filled

Did she have any smell to her mouth?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I checked her crop this morning before she ate and found that it was completely normal. After a few hours with water and food it inflated a bit and felt air-filled

Was the crop empty this morning?

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Did she have any smell to her mouth?

No

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Was the crop empty this morning?

Yes

 

[Tookie]

Has she laid an egg at all while being sick?