Impacted/Sour Crop?

[CluckinUP]

I've gone through some of the posts, but I still need some advice. My RIR, 4.5 year old didn't come out of the coop a few days ago. She finally came out slowly but wasn't eating. Checked her crop, it seemed like it was impacted. We feed the girls New Country feed. So I gave her some bread soaked with olive oil and massaged her crop. It seemed it got bigger, like a hard item at the bottom size of peach pit, so I moved her to a smaller coop and gave her coconut oil throughout the day, massaged her crop in an upward motion. Withheld food, gave her water. At the end of the day, gave her some Ducolax because her crop still seemed full. Her poops are watery, with some green/ yellow stuff. This morning, her crop is like a water balloon, but we couldn't tell if it was sour. Did see some poop, but not much. This morning, she drank a lot of water. So far today, I've given her two doses of the lemon/ginger/cayenne/cinnamon, a spoonful of yogurt with two capsules of Ducolax, some Miconazole (half inch worth) and coconut oil. I'm at wits end, from what I read, it's either impacted or sour crop. We just finished up a treatment of Corvid for coccidiosis- five days of strong treatment(1.5 teaspoons in gallon water) followed by 1/3 teaspoon for 7 days. The other ladies seem fine. Should I withhold food for her tomorrow? What else can I give her? Should I keep doing what I've been doing or am I mixing up too many remedies? She's hunched but no liquid is dripping from her beak, nor is she wheezing. Thank you in advance for any insight.

 

[azygous]

Many years ago, I had a very dear little hen named Rachel. She was like your hen, sour crop/impacted crop, not responding to any treatment. She continued to have the crop disorder no matter what I did. I euthanized her because she became so weak with starvation, she could barely get around.

Now I know I could have saved her with a crop bra. She had a huge crop that hung so low, it swung like a pendulum when she walked. A crop bra would have supported her crop, raising it so it could more easily empty. A crop that refuses to empty, no matter how much oil and miconazole you give a chicken, will never clear of yeast.

The information is all in this article of mine, including a basic pattern for a crop bra that anyone can cut from a fabric scrap and glue straps onto it. Or if you sew, you might come up with a bra to rival a Chanel designer fashion. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/