Slow/sour crop suspected in 3yo EE Hen. Please help!

[Kay-T-Hammer]

She's refusing food and water when placed directly in front of her. She's not pooping. She has labored breathing, as of about 2 hours ago she's begun either sneezing or coughing, her wings are drooped, her tail's down, her eyes are no longer bright, and she seems to have lost weight. I don't believe that she will survive the morning. But if she is this far gone, then I can only hope that she passes peacefully. I want her misery to end.

It sounds like she's drowning.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

It sounds like she's drowning.

Her eyes are all watery and there's liquid coming from her mouth.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

Keeping them in the dark is only to make a hen temporarily stop laying eggs, especially when one has suffered a prolapse. They still are only in the dark for 16 out of 24 hours. So, I’m not sure why you were told to keep her in the dark. The calcium or Tums is only to help her try and lay an egg if she has a stuck egg or lash egg. The common signs of avian influenza, which your hen doesn’t have, are face and head swelling, blue combs, gasping, and neurological signs (twisted neck, imbalance, lameness, drooping wings.) You would definitely suspect something is very wrong.

She has about half of those symptoms if not more. She can no longer stand, either.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

Is she eating or drinking anything? Has she passed any droppings. Have you been able to get the calcium into her?

Apparently she has pooped near the back of the crate. It looks normal.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

She's stopped opening her eyes.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

My baby girl has passed away.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry to hear about your hen

 

[townchicks]

I'm sorry to hear. It's always hard to lose them.