Thank you, I’ll comment this to my mother since it’s her hen. I’ll continue to aid her in the meantime, but hope my mother chooses to let the poor little lady to rest. I really do imagine the poor thing is in pain.
She is in pain.
There is no point to be feeling her crop during the day, only first thing in the morning before she has had anything to eat or drink.
I’m very unsure of her breed to be frank. She’s the last chicken of my mother’s flock. Was hatched and raised with my silkies. But I do recall they all passed around three or four years if best (she’d raise them to eat them, oddly left them to live casually as much as I do with my silkies. They were more livestock? than pets to her). And she is around three-four years herself. My mom also speculated it was due to her age. But again, the final decision is hers, I’m only doing my best to aid her hen.
Of course! I wasn’t thinking about it and I believe she shares the same feeling as I do. We never ate any of the hens that died spontaneously. Only the hens and roosters she’d put in a coop to prep them up to eat. I personally think any ill, sick or weak looking animal is not safe to eat. We always bury them if found dead. If we end up putting her to rest, we will also bury her.
Check the crop first thing in the morning. Checking during the day when she's been eating/drinking does not tell you a lot about crop function.
Thank you for your response!
