Hen with candida or canker?

[colt_brookstone]

1st pic is of her during her better days and the 2nd when it’s worse.

Currently have a bantam delaware hen. She’s currently almost 10 years old and for the past 3-4 years, she has had this yellow curd developing in her throat.
I would give her fishzole (metronidazole) tablets and it’d go away. However, it would continue returning back and in the past year or so she has gotten worse. It’s to the point where we have a soft toothbrush that we use to brush her throat with iodine and loosen it.
Again, has to be done weekly.

She occasionally develops a sunken face, excess drool (not much), gurgling noises (usually bc of the stuff in throat that comes back).

Medications I’ve tried are:
Fishzole tablets
Metronidazole 20% avian canker for birds (powder)
Medistatin
Etc.

Currently trying acidified copper sulfate to destroy both good and bad bacteria in the throat x 10 days and a probios powder for afterwards.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is her crop emptying?

Is there a very bad odor?

Photos of the inside of the beak?

 

[colt_brookstone]

Is her crop emptying?

Is there a very bad odor?

Photos of the inside of the beak?

Yes she eats normally and the odor is every now and then. I will get photos of her tomorrow when I can

 

[colt_brookstone]

Is her crop emptying?

Is there a very bad odor?

Photos of the inside of the beak?

I forgot to reply but these were the most recent I’ve gotten. Last I cleaned her out was 2-3 weeks ago. Only took that long to grow back cuz we took out the main big piece by the hole in the back.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She’s currently almost 10 years old and for the past 3-4 years, she has had this yellow curd developing in her throat.
I would give her fishzole (metronidazole) tablets and it’d go away. However, it would continue returning back and in the past year or so she has gotten worse. It’s to the point where we have a soft toothbrush that we use to brush her throat with iodine and loosen it.

Medications I’ve tried are:
Fishzole tablets
Metronidazole 20% avian canker for birds (powder)

Currently trying acidified copper sulfate to destroy both good and bad bacteria in the throat x 10 days and a probios powder for afterwards.

I forgot to reply but these were the most recent I’ve gotten. Last I cleaned her out was 2-3 weeks ago. Only took that long to grow back cuz we took out the main big piece by the hole in the back.

Looks like Canker to me. Canker is chronic, so you'll never really cure it, I think the best you can hope for is to try to manage it like you have been doing.