Sounds like a good plan! Her roosting with everyone is very good.
I don't doubt she has an underlying issue- she's an older hen. We definitely haven't given up on her yet! As long as she's fighting, we will too.
Just an update to see if you have any additional advice- we have been treating with her about 1/2 to 1 inch of Miconazole (100mg cream, 2%) two times a day. I have not noticed any improvement besides the white spots in her beak disappearing. I assume they were yeast related. However, her lump in her crop is still present. She is getting egg to eat along with the occasional mixture of electrolyte/probiotic/vitamin and mineral water. The lump in her crop definitely presents as doughy crop, as it is an obvious lump until massaged with some water where it then almost disappears/molds into whatever shape you massage it into. Is there something else we need to try since this cream doesn't seem to be helping? I'll finish out her 7 days of this, but I was wondering if there was something else to try. She's still in great spirits and as feisty as ever.
We'll try that. I know we had tried at the beginning and I suppose it helped some because her lump is significantly smaller than a week ago. Thank you!
We ended up not giving her the stool softener because when we got home, the lump was gone! In its place was a squishy crop. I would assume it turned into sour crop, but that seems like it was awfully fast considering the lump was there at 6 A.M. but gone by 6 P.M. She got a slightly larger dose of her Miconazole both yesterday and this morning. I will say, however, that when I gently massage her crop to see how it feels, it no longer gurgles and burps like it did when that lump was in there. Is it possible that her crop feels squishy because it's finally empty and stretched out? I have no clue. She has today and tomorrow before she's had her 7 days of cream and I'm not sure what steps to take next.
Alright, sounds good. We will definitely finish out the treatment. She's been getting some egg and I'll try to see if she wants to eat wet feed this evening. She hasn't been the biggest fan of that. I've let her out with her flockmates during the day because there's not much that she can eat that she shouldn't and with it being so hot, they just hang out most of the day anyway. This evening, I'll get her some grit, wet feed, and egg. She has water all day that she can drink from. Last time I specifically noticed her pooping, it was a couple days ago and still pretty liquidy. It had a lot of white in it. I'll see if I can't notice one of her poops this evening so I can let you know. She's currently only getting the cream. Would the coconut oil be helpful to add for sour crop?
If she's pooping ok then the coconut oil may not be needed, but it does have some anti-fungal properties, as well as, helps to move things along if there's a partial blockage.
