Your hen is a stubborn case of impacted crop. When you turned her losse in the yard, her going right to picking up gravel and grit is a big clue that she's still very stopped up.
Can I assume you've completed the seven full days of sour crop treatment?
I suggest you begin a new attack on the impaction with a round of coconut oil. Stuff a teaspoon of the slightly chilled oil into he beak and massage the hard lump with the tips of your fingers, trying to focus on getting it to break up. Be firm but gentle. Massage for fifteen minutes. Then let her rest.
Check her in half an hour. You may need to give her another teaspoon of oil and repeat the massage.
If two massages and oil treatments still haven't broken up the mass, then do a third infusion of oil with a stool softener. This time let the oil and softener work for half an hour before you massage.
Then we'll see what happens.
Can I assume you've completed the seven full days of sour crop treatment?
I suggest you begin a new attack on the impaction with a round of coconut oil. Stuff a teaspoon of the slightly chilled oil into he beak and massage the hard lump with the tips of your fingers, trying to focus on getting it to break up. Be firm but gentle. Massage for fifteen minutes. Then let her rest.
Check her in half an hour. You may need to give her another teaspoon of oil and repeat the massage.
If two massages and oil treatments still haven't broken up the mass, then do a third infusion of oil with a stool softener. This time let the oil and softener work for half an hour before you massage.
Then we'll see what happens.