Lethargic chicken not eating or moving

[ShanaMcS]

Hi, I have a black Sexlink (black with agreen hue in her feathers). She's usually the leader of the hens. She tends to get broody. The last two weeks she picked out her belly feathers again and would move others eggs over to her laying area to sit on them. She's barely eat, but I'd remove the eggs and sweetly put her down to the food and she'd eat and then go take a big first bath before foraging a little and generally an hour or so later and she'd be back up there again. The last three days, I noticed she'd be laying there even if there wasn't an egg under her. I'd pick her up ( She'd always do an annoyed noise and a growl-type noise) , but instead of flapping to get down, she'd happily let me hold her. My other chickens do this, but this one usually isn't very snuggly at all. The last three days, she'd let me hold her until I finally put her down, no matter how long. Then she'd walk off and have a long dust bath. I thought she was just broody.
Today though, I was giving the girls cooked egg yokes and she didn't come. She wasn't in the hen house. She was laying in one of the kids playhouses on the ground. I threw some egg to her and she never tried to get it it even turn her head for it or anything. Over and over I tried. Nothing. I held her and she is very lethargic. She soon falls asleep and laid with me for over an hour. I have her water ( she drank a lot) and offered her wet chicken feed ( she ate none). The water felt like it was stuck in a balloon under the surface of her chest. Maybe this is normal? I flipped her over and she just laid there and let me. This doesn't seem normal but I've never done that before. The bottoms of her feet are fine. Her crop seems fine. I tried to look at her vent but couldn't find it. In my search for it, she began "leaking" water from her mouth and out her vagina. It smelled gross like old-people-urine-diapers. I set her in the coop and she stood there. It's an hour later and she's still standing there, not laying, not moving, not eating or drinking. I'm trying to find a vet. Is there anything I can do? Do you think she is going to die? Poor sweet girl. I feel so bad that I just thought she was broody. I have four other chickens. All seem healthy. I have been getting 4-5 eggs a day, mainly 4. Her feathers look shiny and healthy and she appears of good weight, but that's hard to tell. Please help me to help her. I feed all organic food... we live in Florida, it's like 65 degrees and beautiful here... not sure what what to mention. Thank you so much for any help.

 

[ShanaMcS]

Update: I just went to check on her and she is drinking lots of water. (I set it in front of the nesting box where she is standing.) The only vet I can find will not be in for five days, so hopefully there is something I can do myself...

 

[ShanaMcS]

Another update: she is drinking lots of water, still no food, ruffling her feathers out a lot, and just shot out a yellow, liquidy fluid that smelled horrible like the stinkiest poop in the world. Does this sound like an impacted crop to anyone? And if so, do I need to wait until the morning to try to massage it out? Or could I try to do it this this afternoon? I sure do hope someone can help me. I cannot find a local vet.

 

[ShanaMcS]

Isn't there anyone out there with a little advice for this worried mama? She had a bunch of diarrhea overnight, I had her vomit again. This time it was all yellow liquids. Her diarrhea is either yellow or green liquid also. I felt inside her vent and didn't feel an egg. Her vent looks normal to me too. I made a concoction I saw in a video of
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp ground Ginger
1/2 tsp baking soda
A splash of lemon juice and
2 Tbs of water
I mixed it together and gave her 1/4 to 1/2 cc.
I was able to massage that into her crop and it seemed to have gone down finally, but then it'll be filled up a tiny bit again not long after. Nothing hard, just like water inside a water balloon.
She's eating only plain yogurt with a little ACV in it and water with a little ACV and that mixture above I'll do twice a day.
I just gave her a nice long bath and examined her vent and felt inside again. Definitely no egg in there. She's been holding her tail down all day, but it's now. Hopefully it's because she's feeling better. Maybe it's because she's ready to shoot out yellow diarrhea again! This exam she didn't poop at all, but maybe there's nothing left to poop. Am I doing a good job? Overlooking anything? Any help or encouragement would be much appreciated! Oh, and I noticed that she is extremely skinny. Extremely. I couldn't tell before because she has such big, fluffy feathers. Poor

girl.
Thank you!

 

[enoryz]

You can try this. And I'll tag some people that helped me out with canker sores. Hopefully you can get some help soon!
@Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive @casportpony @rebrascora

Here's some good info on crop issues:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments

 

[casportpony]

Another update: she is drinking lots of water, still no food, ruffling her feathers out a lot, and just shot out a yellow, liquidy fluid that smelled horrible like the stinkiest poop in the world. Does this sound like an impacted crop to anyone? And if so, do I need to wait until the morning to try to massage it out? Or could I try to do it this this afternoon? I sure do hope someone can help me. I cannot find a local vet.

If you cannot feel a hard mass in her crop it is not an impatd crop.

What city do you live in?

 

[Loona]

With the terrible stinky poop, sounds like she's got something going on. So her crop is full of water now? Take the water away and see if the crop goes down in a couple hours. You should separate her from your flock. Might be sour crop but with the real stinky poop could be something else.

 

[casportpony]

I'm gonna have to disagree... Never withhold water.

 

[Loona]

I'm gonna have to disagree... Never withhold water.

I would've done that, but you are far more experienced than me, so I've learned something new! My logic was to see if it's going down.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

she is drinking lots of water, still no food, ruffling her feathers out a lot, and just shot out a yellow, liquidy fluid that smelled horrible like the stinkiest poop in the world.

Her diarrhea is either yellow or green liquid also. I felt inside her vent and didn't feel an egg.

I'm a bit confused - is her crop emptying or not? When are you checking for crop function - during the day, first thing in the morning, etc.? The only was to accurately gauge if the crop is completely emptying is to feel it first thing in the morning before she eats/drinks.

Photos of the poop would be great
Yellow and green liquid poop - can you take a sample to your vet for testing?

When was the last time this girl laid an egg? Feel her abdomen for any swelling/bloat or feeling of fluid - she may have some type of reproductive problem.
I agree with Kathy, make water available to her, she won't die if she doesn't eat for a day or so, but she needs to be able to stay hydrated.