Sick hen with sour crop that won’t eat

[Wildlife watcher]

Well, my hen died last night. I'm tempted to cut her open and see if I can find out what happened but #1,I don't know good from bad, and #2, I'm a little squeamish about doing that to her.

Well, my hen died last night. I'm tempted to cut her open and see if I can find out what happened but #1,I don't know good from bad, and #2, I'm a little squeamish about doing that to her.

Sorry to hear she didn’t make it.

 

[catballou]

I have a very sick chicken that I suspect has a sour crop. Having no knowledge of sour crop, I suspect she may have had it for a while and is very skinny and sick. I have been treating her with small daily doses of miconazole and her crop is getting smaller and she will eat a few pieces of canned corn (no real nutritional value) and not much else. I’ve offered her crickets, oatmeal, scrambled eggs with little luck. I have force fed her some crickets and eggs but she isn’t very happy about it. Tomorrow will be day 4 of the micronazole, but she is still very lethargic, doesn’t move much, her body seems bowed up, and her tail is down. She does seem to drink a reasonable amount of water, and she seems to poop pretty regular although it’s runny and yellow. My question is does anyone know of a food that she might eat, or should I just continue force feeding her eggs and crickets. Does anyone have any advice for pulling this hen from the brink of starvation? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Sorry to hear she didn’t make it.

Thank you.