Hens crop not filling up

[Abby P]

I have a hen who was just treated for an infection (assuming it was productive infection, she is known to lay soft/broken eggs.) She hasn't laid an egg for two weeks, she just finished her round of antibiotics a few days ago. She acts fine now other than the fact her crop is not filling - I can't even feel anything. When she was sick, her crop wasn't emptying. But now that it's empty....it's not filling. I was told it's normal for a crop to slow down with a sick bird. But now I'm worried it's not filling. I do see her eating food. She is a picky eater...she likes bread (in small amounts) and wetted down crumbles so that's what I've been giving her. She had been out of the coop for 6 days while she was recovering, so not sure if the re-adjustment has anything to do with it? She got picked on for a bit but now they seem fine with her back in the flock. Or the fact she just got off antibiotics? The rest of my chickens are 100% completely healthy and show no signs of acting weird or illnesses.

She is acting like a chicken otherwise..pecking at things... her tail is up (it was down when she was sick)...runs around...goes to roost for the night....

 

[Shadrach]

One sometimes finds that antibiotics mess up the digestive system and it takes a while to get back to normal.
Probiotics may help. Kefir is easy if she'll eat it. For the short term I would feed her mackerel, scrabbled eggs even meat if she will eat some mixed into some of the crumble.
Generally if a bird is eating drinking with their tails up and being active there usually isn't anything critically wrong with them.

 

[Abby P]

So BUMPING this post. She is now wobbly and keeps falling over. I am pushing some Vitamin E oil, B complex and extra calcium. She drank a bunch of water for me this morning with probiotics and I have her separated from the flock again. I don't think she's hardly eating. So frustrating.