possible internal laying

[shailey]

I need any advice I can get, I desperately want to save my girl. She's a 6 year old black sex link who recently has become incredibly lethargic. this girl runs the flock so its needless to say I noticed she was off right away. Yesterday, I noticed she was sleeping with her face tucked and the back of her comb was slightly floppy.

She has no abdominal swelling, but she's not standing and instead laying down, puffed up, and not very responsive. She's awake, but she isn't responding to food/treats or anything I do to try and get her attention. she stumbles and falls over when trying to stand. She isn't laying and hasn't laid in awhile
I did noticed her crop was sort of squishy, so maybe she has sour crop? She's had crop problems in the past, but it never affected her like this.
I noticed she had a few mites even though I treat for mites regularly, could she just be sickly from that?
Deficiencies?

I need any and all advice I can get. As of now, she's inside in my bathroom on some nice blankets so she's warm+in the dark so she can relax, I've offer her eggs and tried to get her to drink with no luck, and I haven't seen her poop at all yet but I will update this with pictures when she does

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I don’t have chickens but I will tag @Miss Lydia do you have any advice to give

 

[Kiki]

Unfortunately, I don't think there is much you can do for a 6-year-old bird that you think is laying internally, but I just wanted to say ...Mites can absolutely suck the life right out of a bird and kill it.

 

[shailey]

Unfortunately, I don't think there is much you can do for a 6-year-old bird that you think is laying internally, but I just wanted to say ...Mites can absolutely suck the life right out of a bird and kill it.

Yeah that's what im worried about. I was tempted to use ivermectin since I have it on hand, but I've never used it before and i'm worried it would be too much for her to handle right now. None of my other birds are being affected like this, so i'm thinking the mites are more of a secondary problem that's just making everything worse/possibly preventing her from fighting off whatever she may have

 

[Miss Lydia]

I use Ivermectin on my chickens as a preventive for mites.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/treating-with-ivermectin.687442/

If you think it might be a crop issue here is info on treating for that problem.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

If she was laying internally you'd feel a difference in her abdomen in my experience (the egg has to go somewhere). However, at six years old there is a sizeable chance she is dying of cancer or something. I'd treat the mites and work on getting her crop functioning. Syringe electrolyte water into her and maybe even tube feed her if you want to go that far. But, again, at 6 the slow crop could very well be a symptom of some other illness rather than the main issue.