Need advice on possible impacted crop

[thegoldengirls1]

One of my chickens has been laying eggs where the whites are adhered to the inside of her shell and I have to scoop it out when I crack them open. So I have been monitoring them very closely to try and figure out what's causing it. This morning (before they were fed), I checked them for possible crop issues and one of them had a lump in her crop about the size of a golf ball. I brought her, Blanch, inside so I could check her out closer. The lump broke up and became smooshie when I massaged it but its definitely still there. I gave her a a few pecks of a scrambled egg mixed with olive oil, a bowl of grit, and probiotic water. She ate a fair amount of the grit and the smooshie area became very firm and round again, and slightly larger than a golf ball. I massaged it a few hours later and it broke apart to be smooshie and flatter again but its still there and it hardens back up. Her stomach (I think) is also making this weird digestive/crackling noise. This is my first time with this issue so I'm not sure if she has an impacted crop, sour crop, or if I'm just overreacting. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Watch to see if she is drinking plenty of water. Keep trying to break it up the best you can, here's a very good article with treatment options.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments

 

[thegoldengirls1]

Thank you! I've read a lot today but I hadn't come across the Dolcolax suggestion. I'm going to give her some because it hasn't gotten any better since this morning.

 

[thegoldengirls1]

So I did the dulcolax and yogurt and olive oil for 2 days and she was mostly cleared up except she had a lot of grit still in her crop but it wasn't as hard or large so I took her to the vet to make sure she was okay and the vet said that he thought she was partially impacted but that it had cleared and that he also felt a lot of grit in her lower gi tract and crop. He wanted to do X-rays for $200 but I decided to hold off because that's a lot of money and see how she does. He told me to return her with the rest of the chickens and keep an eye on her. So she spent today in the coop and I checked on her after work and her crop is swollen and impacted feeling all over again. Any suggestions? I don't want to shell out $200 for X-rays but I don't want his to go too long and have her die.