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When a crop disorder isn't responding to treatment, there's a possibility that there's an underlying condition called pendulous crop. This is where the crop is badly supported and droops, not permitting the contents to empty.

This sets up the conditions for the contents to ferment and rot, thus the terrible odor. The contents can also become impacted, so you need oil and even a stool softener to loosen them up so they can be massaged out of the crop. But unless the crop is supported, the crop can't completely empty, which is necessary every 24 hours for good health.

You can determine if your hen may have pendulous crop by looking at her sideways and feeling the profile of her crop. Does it appear to hang lower than your other hens? Does it seem like a water balloon full of water, more teardrop shaped? Does it swing back and forth when she moves around?

When you massage her crop, try supporting it with one hand while you massage with the other. In theory you want to raise it up so the contents reach the level of the "drain". This way, you can safely empty her crop without vomiting her, which is unpleasant for her at the very least, and could cause her to aspirate the sour fluid into her lungs.

I would also give her a couple teaspoons of coconut oil to help break up any solid material and help the crop to empty. If she has pendulous crop, you will either need to manually massage the crop several times a day to get the contents to move through or you can fashion a "crop bra" for her out of elastic material to support the crop so it can empty on its own.

To treat and overcome the yeast infection, you need to treat twice a day for a full week. No skipping treatments, or it will only recolonize.

Your hen is slowly starving to death. Unless she has something else going on such as tumors, this can be successfully treated and she can return to good health. If she has pendulous crop, though, you will need to address that with a support device. I make one with an "H" design pattern. The legs of the "H" are 12 inch elastic straps, and the center is a 4 inch square scrap of thick material that will fit under the crop to support it. She won't be thrilled with it at first, but she'll quickly adjust.
 
but she is not eating she is only drinking. again Hubby took her outside this morning. and let he walk around while he let the others out into their 1/2 acre. I asked him not to.. He did so anyway....So I assumed she ate some weeds. He does the morning routine I do the rest.It is prob in the 40s outside and drizzly and cloudy,,
I gave her some cooked water thinned quinoa flakes with a tad of almond meal yesterday But she only pecked a tiny peck... .........do we FORCE SYRINGE her with food?
so how can she process any food if her crop is mushy? so if we tube her it will only go into the crop right? have water and grit close by. I have to encourage her to drink..
I massaged her crop while ago/ Then picked her up to hold while Hubby gave her the 1 CC Dose of the store brand GYNE- Lotrmimine.. I had to firmly hold her and she spits water on the floor. I temp forgot about her semi full crop...
So she spit out water onto the floor the lily held her and he gave her the GYNE_LOTRMINE. now the 1 cc is the correct dose. RIGHT???
She is only passing or pooing water. She is still in basement in her box. Hubby is downstairs with her. she stands up in her paper lined banana box on a table facing the large window./ We have some small portable roost but she doesn't want to sit on either.. It would be so much easier for cleanup.. Cause we have to change out the newspapers quite often. Thankful he lined the box with clear heavy plastic.
So what kind of water should she be drinking? Plain or with vitamins and electrolytes/ Doent that have Dextrose in it? which is sugar correct? what kind of food should we offer ??????. She won't eat he ground up chicken pellets softened with water.
I personally think she has an INFECTION ETC..infection cause she had watery poo for weeks. I just thought it was stuff she at while grazing or they had found some more cherry tomatoes. i also think they all are not well
But. I ALSO believe she drank some water from one of my draining CONTAINER GARDENING pots full of bought potting soil. manures, compost etc and who know what goes into those bags of wet garden soils.>>>>>>>>
Please advise cause we are both too old for all of this stress..;Hubby had a dental treatment yesterday and not up to par etc....,lack of sleep etc.
thanks y'all
 
I afraid she starving to death...... should we big string her food????She ate two raw cranberries and unfortunately Hubby gave her a pc of our homegrown baked sweet potato.while I was at grocery.. we are massaging her crop. don't know wheather to massage up or down her crop for it to drain..... Also got started a crop bra for her will finish it tomorrow. thanks I understand but she really won't eat just drink. matter of fact when we were trying to dose her the Gyne Lotrin tonight holding her made her spit up with a minute or two finally got the 1 cc down her by the tiny 1 cc syringe..
should wE dose her with drench TOO???? it does have sugar in it.....gave her Durvet in her water its and electrolyte combination vitamin...
if we string her food what do we put in it. No pet store etc have bird sick supplies watered down feed? tried some quinoa flakes too raw and cooked again
she does get up and down ut of her banana box ....and roam the floor looking for crumbs or whatever....MORE suggestions please
 

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