Impacted crop to ... doughy or squishy crop?

[WaveyCreekChickens]

Can someone tell me if this is normal for crop issues, that the bird is acting normal, as in being active and lively, going crazy loooking for food, but not being able to keep much down? Even yogurt she can only have half a teaspoon at a time, otherwise it’ll come out again. She is just getting garlic water, yogurt, coconut oil and grit. Only the grit is free choice. She overdoes it on the water every time and pukes it up.
She still has poops, including cecal.
This is day 4 in the house. Two times fasting 24h.
She has not had an empty crop in all these days.

It is a chore babysitting her. She gets into trouble!

 

[azygous]

She's going to get spoiled for moving back out to the coop with the actual chickens. She is probably already thinking how fine it is to be in the house and waited on.

Have you ever wormed your chickens? She may be blocked by a worm load. Fortunately, this is something that can be accurately diagnosed from a stool sample and the test is inexpensive. You just need to find a vet who will agree to run the fecal float test for you without insisting on examining the chicken.

It's worth calling around to find a vet to do this and the test can identify what worms are present. That way you will know the best worm med to buy to treat it.

 

[WaveyCreekChickens]

She's going to get spoiled for moving back out to the coop with the actual chickens. She is probably already thinking how fine it is to be in the house and waited on.

Have you ever wormed your chickens? She may be blocked by a worm load. Fortunately, this is something that can be accurately diagnosed from a stool sample and the test is inexpensive. You just need to find a vet who will agree to run the fecal float test for you without insisting on examining the chicken.

It's worth calling around to find a vet to do this and the test can identify what worms are present. That way you will know the best worm med to buy to treat it.

You are right about her being spoiled. My girlfriend lets her out of the cage all day, because she moans otherwise!
I just dewormed her yesterday with the help of @casportpony (see post #50). A fecal float wouldn’t be accurate now after giving ivermectin. Also, it is winter here (e.g. tonight’s low is 5 F), I didn’t think the female worms lay eggs now.
Her lice are dead today, we can see that.

 

[azygous]

If she had a worm load and the worming killed them, they can still be blocking her intestines. Why don't you start offering her soft boiled egg, then a little later, a tablespoon of grated carrot. This may help push the blockage down and out.

 

[WaveyCreekChickens]

If she had a worm load and the worming killed them, they can still be blocking her intestines. Why don't you start offering her soft boiled egg, then a little later, a tablespoon of grated carrot. This may help push the blockage down and out.

Ok! We will try that. How much soft egg?
P.s. crop still not empty this a.m.

 

[azygous]

If we keep waiting for the liquid in her crop to empty completely, she will starve. Soon, without food, she will be too weak to eat. Let her eat as much of the egg as she will, but restrict the grated carrot later on to just a tablespoon, but let her eat it all if she wants. Be sure she has grit. Grit will also help chew up the obstruction.

An obstruction is really the only thing, other than infection, that I can think of that is preventing the crop from emptying. Let us know how much she eats. That will tell us she is needing it if she gobbles it down.

 

[WaveyCreekChickens]

Ok. We will try this and get back with report.

 

[WaveyCreekChickens]

Hello
The report on Priscilla the crop chicken. She ate all of the 1 egg that was offered. She did not throw up and about an hour later had one tablespoon of finely grated fresh carrot. We have been giving her sips of water throughout the day and she has not had any liquid flowing out of her beak. She has not lost weight. There are no live lice. She is actively grooming and following us everywhere in the house. She has pooped several times.
We will not give her egg again until the crop is emptier. We will continue to give her small amounts of yogurt and sips of garlic water.

 

[azygous]

This is a very good sign that this consumption of solid food may lead to the emptying of her crop.

Next, offer her access to her regular feed. Keep it dry. This will absorb the excess fluids in her crop and could result in carrying the fluid out of the crop finally. I would do this sometime before tonight.

 

[azygous]

By the way, sometimes if there is a substantial worm load that has been killed by a worming med, the chicken may experience shock as it's pushed through the intestines. Be ready with sugar water and electrolytes if she begins to show signs of lethargy.