Sick Hen... Now dead

has she had vaccination for marek's? or she might just be temporarily lethargic? how old is she?
 
It does sound as though she might be an internal layer. She is leaking yellowish from her vent? That could be egg yolk from an egg that broke before she could move it down and lay it. The crop could be sour as well. I would go with the suggestions that have already been made. After the bath, you can put on a glove, and lube your finger, and very carefully do an exam though her vent. It might tell you if anything is in there.
You also might want to gently massage her crop. Gentle massage may help to move things through, and it may also help to tell you if she has a ball of fibrous grass, etc. in there or if it is just fluid. You can also enter sour crop into the search feature, and it will bring up threads that may have helpful information.
Good luck with your girl.
 
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She is only 7 months old. And unless the place we bought her from did the vaccination, then I don't think so. No, she's really sick. It's not just like a 'bad day'.


Also, I already did the examination for seeing if she's egg bond, but she's not. I am going outside now, I'm going to message her crop and do the treatment on here. I will also check again if there is an egg stuck. I really hope she makes it.
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Thank you all for the SUCH HELPFUL advice! I am going to try it all, I will give her a bath, feed her the yogurt with viniger, I will give her the two fresh cloves of garlic, and keep her warm. And thank you all for the diagnosis.
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I will go and check on here, and give her all that food and stuff, and I will come back and tell you how it went. Again Thanks!!!
 
(Sorry for double posting) but she died...
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I went outside and took her and slowly put her upside down and messaged her fluid ball. Then she started spitting it out, it all came out. Her chest ball was down and all gone, then she started to flap her wings. We thought that was a good sign, but once we put her down she just stopped moving

... Well, thanks for all your help. And now I know what to do for next time. Bye, Thanks.
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I am so sorry. In the past year, I've learned that they do die-and it's always my favorites.
Sometimes you never know why. And you did all you could.
I held my last one while she died, and when she did, she flapped her wings like crazy. I think it's a nerve response.

Again, I'm sorry.
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I had a hen die in treatment like that, it makes you feel bad for doing it but once they reach a certain point, they go fast. So sorry about your chicken hon...
 

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