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Hi,
Yes, mine has diarrhea. It looks like clear liquid with white in it. I have given her vinegar water and oily bread. She didn't seem to eat the bread. I gave her yogurt mixed with some crumbles which she ate a tiny bit of today. I found a vet who prescribed Nystatin and have given it to her last night and today. So far, she still has a big crop, just soft. I can't feel anything hard in it now. I was given a tube and a giant syringe to help suction out the crop. I'm nervous to do it though. If she is not getting better I may have to empty it. I'd rather not make her vomit again.
Your Mother Hen may have overeaten since she's been on the nest for awhile. Sometimes they are just so hungry when they finally leave the nest. Is her crop really soft and liquid filled? Does it change size at all? Does she eat and drink still or not? If she will eat, and if you have some Poly-Vi-sol Iron free liquid vitamins, she might could use a dose of those. An easy way to do is to take a tiny piece of bread and put the drops on it, then feed the bread. But if she is not eating well, you can just drip a few drop into her beak, but don't flood it... If it is sour crop, then from what I've read, yogurt and Nystatin is the route to go. I wish I could be of more help, but this is my first time too. I am not sure what I am doing or if I can help my hen... but I'm sure trying. If yours is impacted crop, then from what I've read, giving oil oil and massaging the crop is very important. Massage gently and downward. Don't give any solid foods either... stick with oily bread at first... then yogurt and applesauce, and I think they said you can use mash, but not pellets, just make the mash soft... which is easy to do with yogurt. The idea is to break up the solid stuff in the crop so it can pass. I wish you the very best!!
