My chicken ate rubber?!

[CCsGarden]

Me again
Last week, I found out my brahma hen, Joan had a big crop. I checked her in the morning and it hadn't emptied. I started to treat for sourcrop and the first day I made her vomit, she let out big rubber pieces? So, whatever this is that she ate is causing a blockage. She has stopped drinking and eating. I've helped her vomit 6 times already and each time around 5-8 pieces of the rubber stuff comes out. I'm giving her fluids and yogurt with vitamins to help her keep her body going. Each time I go outside, she doesn't leave me alone. She will come up to me and let me know she wants me to help her vomit. I still don't know how she got away with eating something so big and hard without me knowing!?!

This rubber stuff doesn't even budge whatever you do to it.
Any ideas as to what this is?

Spoiler: The rubber stuff

Sorry, dirt got on some of the pieces!

 

[CCsGarden]

If anyone can help me I'd appreciate it!

 

[coach723]

I can't zoom in on the pictures to see what it might be. Chickens are known for eating things they shouldn't.
Is she pooping, and what do droppings look like?
Can you feel that stuff in her crop?
If the crop is full of it then crop surgery might be a option to remove all of that. Caution should be taken with vomiting a bird, they can aspirate the crop contents.

 

[CCsGarden]

I can't zoom in on the pictures to see what it might be. Chickens are known for eating things they shouldn't.
Is she pooping, and what do droppings look like?
Can you feel that stuff in her crop?
If the crop is full of it then crop surgery might be a option to remove all of that. Caution should be taken with vomiting a bird, they can aspirate the crop contents.

Yes, I'm very careful when making them vomit. Her dropping are white which I believe means she is starving. I made her vomit a little while ago right before I gave vitamins and yogurt. More of that rubber stuff floated into her crop. I can empty it but more keeps coming up. I'm thinking it's down in her gizzard as well.

 

[coach723]

The droppings are all white, meaning all urates and no solids?
Starving birds usually have green droppings (bile).
Pictures would be helpful.
If the gizzard is impacted, that is really difficult to treat. You could try a flush, but those are very dehydrating so you need to make sure she gets a lot of fluids. It may or may not be effective.
Epsom salt flush is 1/2 tsp of epsom salt disolved in 1/8 cup water, given orally. All of it, 1 cc at a time until all is given. You can repeat in several hours if no improvement. Give plain fluids in between and after. Rehydration fluid amounts are 13 ml per pound of body weight, repeat in 60-90 minutes.
The caveat here is that without seeing droppings, white can also mean kidney issues, and the large amount of salt would not be good if that is a factor.

 

[CCsGarden]

her are her droppings

 

[coach723]

If they all look like that, it looks like no solids are making it through, so may be impacted gizzard. I have only dealt with one impacted gizzard. Nothing would move from the crop (nothing in there to remove surgically). Despite flushes it could not be cleared and I had to euthanize, the bird lost a lot of weight and became emaciated. The gizzard on necropsy was crammed full but nothing was in the digestive tract beyond it. Cause was unclear.
If you can feel lots of stuff in the crop I would be inclined to try to remove that first, to prevent flushing even more of it farther down.

 

[CCsGarden]

If they all look like that, it looks like no solids are making it through, so may be impacted gizzard. I have only dealt with one impacted gizzard. Nothing would move from the crop (nothing in there to remove surgically). Despite flushes it could not be cleared and I had to euthanize, the bird lost a lot of weight and became emaciated. The gizzard on necropsy was crammed full but nothing was in the digestive tract beyond it. Cause was unclear.
If you can feel lots of stuff in the crop I would be inclined to try to remove that first, to prevent flushing even more of it farther down.

Thank you! I've been clearing her crop twice a day. I'll continue doing so

 

[Eggcessive]

Is taking her to a vet for crop surgery an option? Sorry about your chicken. Good advice from coach723.

 

[CCsGarden]

Is taking her to a vet for crop surgery an option? Sorry about your chicken. Good advice from coach723.

No, I don't have any vet that will take her over here