Salmon Faverolle - Freakish beak skin growth??

[Berkshirebird]

Took her to the vet today they weren't too much help, they said her crop is empty, no eggs are stuck in her (she has laid yet anyways), and she seems to be molting. Her symptoms seems a little extreme for molting, and she is still not eating and the mucus still seems present and is making the feathers stick to her beak

 

[Wyorp Rock]

ok, this is my first flock since we had them when i was a little kid, so im getting back up to speed. Ducky is very fluffy and im second guessing myself when feeling for the crop.

Took her to the vet today they weren't too much help, they said her crop is empty, no eggs are stuck in her (she has laid yet anyways), and she seems to be molting. Her symptoms seems a little extreme for molting, and she is still not eating and the mucus still seems present and is making the feathers stick to her beak

The mucous is coming from her beak?
In the photo, she's a bit squinty eyed - does she have any bubbles in her eyes, mucous from the nostrils?

You may want to trim some of the fluff away from her eyes so she can see better.

Best way to get to do the crop checking. This is what I used to do until I became more familiar with what a crop should feel like. Go out tonight and feel several hens crops. They will probably be at various stages of fill, not all will feel exactly the same. This gives you a good idea of what a full crop should be. Go out again first thing before those hens eat/drink and feel their crops again. You should be able to feel them empty. The empty crop may feel like a layer of skin/empty sac under the feathers, but an empty crop will feel flat. It helped me a lot to do comparisons. Now I can almost just look at a hen and tell if something is going amiss.

For this little sweet fluff. I'd work on hydration. If she's molting, then give her her normal feed along with a little extra protein like egg, fish or meat. Poultry vitamins for a couple of days each week won't hurt either.

Check her crop to see if it's emptying. If it's not, let us know.

 

[Berkshirebird]

The mucous is coming from her beak?
In the photo, she's a bit squinty eyed - does she have any bubbles in her eyes, mucous from the nostrils?

You may want to trim some of the fluff away from her eyes so she can see better.

Best way to get to do the crop checking. This is what I used to do until I became more familiar with what a crop should feel like. Go out tonight and feel several hens crops. They will probably be at various stages of fill, not all will feel exactly the same. This gives you a good idea of what a full crop should be. Go out again first thing before those hens eat/drink and feel their crops again. You should be able to feel them empty. The empty crop may feel like a layer of skin/empty sac under the feathers, but an empty crop will feel flat. It helped me a lot to do comparisons. Now I can almost just look at a hen and tell if something is going amiss.

For this little sweet fluff. I'd work on hydration. If she's molting, then give her her normal feed along with a little extra protein like egg, fish or meat. Poultry vitamins for a couple of days each week won't hurt either.

Check her crop to see if it's emptying. If it's not, let us know.

thanks all great info, I ended up taking her to the vet so i could get a rundown on her, and i was shown her crop, mouth, ears, eyes etc and the vet said they were all normal i appearance. She has corid and electrolytes in her water and is getting a scrambled egg momentarily

 

[Berkshirebird]

Update: she's still hanging in there. she's taking some water and ive been offering her everything to eat and i believe she's taking in some gamebird crumble i put in for her.

On Thursday at the recommendation at a very learned friend a gave her a weight appropriate dose of ivermectin dermally. Since then like i said its seems she's at least eaten a little, and she may have a bit more emergency but not too much of a change in any direction, but her crop was empty when i checked it this morning.

But overall still sad, sticky at the mouth, and molting.