Sour crop. Help?

[TashaFrancois]

Wow. I love how dedicated you are to your little hen. It sounds like she might be making some small improvements. You really have been fighting for her.

 

[Mariakoltsa]

Wow. I love how dedicated you are to your little hen. It sounds like she might be making some small improvements. You really have been fighting for her.

Aww haha thank you

Yea i had a day off today and i havent gotten anything done. Its 3:48 pm.
If i had a sick chicken every day then i would be smelly and have anorexia. Because i cant find time to do anything, still got the same hair as when i woke up in the morning lol

Actually i wish i wasnt like that its too stressful and hard..too soft

 

[azygous]

Join the club. Many of us here are just marshmallows over our chickens. I have two or three that come up to me while I'm cleaning the run and "paw" at my back or leg to be picked up and snuggled. Of course I have to interrupt my chores and give them loves.

Your hen is doing what is very normal when a sick chicken returns to the flock. She is required to re-establish her rank among the flock when she returns. It's chicken rules. It means she's feeling better.

The skirmishes usually don't last all that long and the worst that happens is a bloody comb here and there and a few feathers lost. It's how chickens roll. You really can't stop it. Try to look the other way for a few minutes until they settle down.

I've gotten used to it and just enjoy the show. My two roosters are father and son and Junior challenges Pop every so often, Pop kicks his ass after some impressive dancing and flaring of hackle feathers. Pop chases Junior off after a nip on his comb, and Junior sulks for a few minutes, then everything is back to normal.

Occasionally two hens will get into the exact same kind of fight until the rooster rushes in and breaks it up, pecking the loser to affirm her rank and letting her know she needs to suck it up and make do. It's a hoot to watch.

 

[TashaFrancois]

Aww haha thank you

Yea i had a day off today and i havent gotten anything done. Its 3:48 pm.
If i had a sick chicken every day then i would be smelly and have anorexia. Because i cant find time to do anything, still got the same hair as when i woke up in the morning lol

Actually i wish i wasnt like that its too stressful and hard..too soft

No the world needs more empathy

 

[Mariakoltsa]

Join the club. Many of us here are just marshmallows over our chickens. I have two or three that come up to me while I'm cleaning the run and "paw" at my back or leg to be picked up and snuggled. Of course I have to interrupt my chores and give them loves.

Your hen is doing what is very normal when a sick chicken returns to the flock. She is required to re-establish her rank among the flock when she returns. It's chicken rules. It means she's feeling better.

The skirmishes usually don't last all that long and the worst that happens is a bloody comb here and there and a few feathers lost. It's how chickens roll. You really can't stop it. Try to look the other way for a few minutes until they settle down.

I've gotten used to it and just enjoy the show. My two roosters are father and son and Junior challenges Pop every so often, Pop kicks his ass after some impressive dancing and flaring of hackle feathers. Pop chases Junior off after a nip on his comb, and Junior sulks for a few minutes, then everything is back to normal.

Occasionally two hens will get into the exact same kind of fight until the rooster rushes in and breaks it up, pecking the loser to affirm her rank and letting her know she needs to suck it up and make do. It's a hoot to watch.

Aahah what an awesome post to read .
Thats good to know !
Sounds like you have the cutest chickens omg!!

Im hopingy chook is better.. she was actually walking around this morning instead of sitting still... and then i came and gave her the meds.. she really hated that and went back to sit in the corner.. i feel bad doing it but i want her to live so..
Now she started running away every time i come .
Before i went to work i put her outside on the veranda with water and yoghurt. I dont know if she had any. And when i came home she had joined the other chickens.. not very active but.
She just walks a bit and sees something on the geound and goes to peck it and just a few mm away from the ground she always stops and then keeps going.. like she wants to and then decides not to. Her diarrhea has gone better luckily. After looking at them for a while i finally saw her grab something and eat it.. grub or something i think. She is not interested in any of the layerfeed which is fine..
Didnt seem to want yoghurt, i took some scrap food out for the chickens had veggies and chicken and rice noodles in it.. i put it where the yoghurt was.. thinking that it will make the other chickens eat the yoghurt at least.
And then she came and stood a while staring at the food and started pecking at the tiny pieces of chicken.
That was good, first time her eating something in days. I wished it was a yoghurt or smth but its still better than nothing i guess..
Later on she just sat down or stood on one spot a lot., separate from other chickens. Big chooks walked away and she went in the chook pen and sat next to my two young banthams. Im hoping its just her getting slowly better ..
By the way her crop is still the exAct same as yesterday, hasnt changed size. Its got fluid in the bottom part of it..

By the way what is the crop meant to feel like exactly. When i was feeling it, its just liquid in it and then theres a soft thing in there.. like a soft piece or smth.. it seems to be attached to something because i cant push it up or anything. Whats that?

Anothe thing.. because you were saying about the chook re establishing her rank..
So she attacked everyone except the young banthams (probably half her size. Im very curious to know why she didnt attack them?
Today aswell she sits near them more than big ones

 

[azygous]

In the mornings, a crop should feel like it's not even there, flat and completely empty. If a chicken drinks some water, it will feel like a soft bag with a bit of water in it. When a crop is full or normal food, it should be not bigger than a golf ball, but feel solid but not hard as a rock. A sick crop feels like a water balloon and overfull.

Adult chickens will compete for rank with any bird in the flock that they feel wants her spot. Your bantams probably are very satisfied with their place in the flock and don't give off any signals they want to be any higher than they are. They may also behave as a sub-flock with their own "club" and rules.

She's still sick, but getting better. She hangs out with the bantams because she feels safer with them for right now. The others sense she's sick and vulnerable and she would rather not have to defend herself, not feeling well.

Try some raw veggies such as grated carrot or bits of broccoli, cabbage, kale, etc. No potatoes.

 

[Mariakoltsa]

In the mornings, a crop should feel like it's not even there, flat and completely empty. If a chicken drinks some water, it will feel like a soft bag with a bit of water in it. When a crop is full or normal food, it should be not bigger than a golf ball, but feel solid but not hard as a rock. A sick crop feels like a water balloon and overfull.

Adult chickens will compete for rank with any bird in the flock that they feel wants her spot. Your bantams probably are very satisfied with their place in the flock and don't give off any signals they want to be any higher than they are. They may also behave as a sub-flock with their own "club" and rules.

She's still sick, but getting better. She hangs out with the bantams because she feels safer with them for right now. The others sense she's sick and vulnerable and she would rather not have to defend herself, not feeling well.

Try some raw veggies such as grated carrot or bits of broccoli, cabbage, kale, etc. No potatoes.

Thanks
No potatoes yeah.., but i just read the yeast treatments lable and it says its got starch in it.. i guess thats for making it sticky..
:S
And also she is more lively this morning but her comb has gotten noticeably more purple..

this picture doesnt show it as well but very noticeable in daylight.

 

[azygous]

She may have an underlying health issue. The purple comb can signify stress, poor circulation, breathing problems, or failing organs. Her slow progress is still progress, so keep hopeful.

Her yeast should be clearing out of her crop by now. How does her breath smell? Still bad?

 

[Mariakoltsa]

She may have an underlying health issue. The purple comb can signify stress, poor circulation, breathing problems, or failing organs. Her slow progress is still progress, so keep hopeful.

Her yeast should be clearing out of her crop by now. How does her breath smell? Still bad?

I havent smelt anything bad now to be honest. Some weird smell but its not bad at all

 

[Mariakoltsa]

Hey . My chook is still alive thankfully but yea im afraid shes old and has an underlying issue like said before...

She is in the flock now walks around all day but she is very slow and not feisty anymore like she used to be. Now she is the last to come to the food and usually others peck food from infront of her. She used to boss around and be the only one to eat and let others come when shes finished lol.
She does peck a little bit but her crop stays empty, she started finally drinking very very little aswell..
she still has that little bit of fluid at the bottom of the crop that never dissappears.
When she does finally eat then she takes slow pecks and if something distracts her then she moves on, so if i see her try eat then i try not to go there so she would get some food in her, same with drinking.
Her poo is less watery and now its turned weird, completely green and the white part looks like a piece of creamy colored jelly.

I wish i knew how old she was.. as i found her in the woods ive got no idea.