Sour Crop? Pendulous Crop?

[PileatedFarms]

I have a hen, Mars, who had a swollen crop yesterday and still has it today. I just separated her to make sure I could withhold food, but she'd obviously rather be with her gal pals. I want to help her as quick as possible!

She is acting completely normal, eating/drinking/laid an egg yesterday. She is foraging and moving normal, although I have seen her try to adjust her crop. Her breath isn't sour (that I could tell) and her crop is soft/not a hard mass.

How can I help Mars?!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Could you get a picture? It's possible she just ate alot, did you feel it? Was it squishy or hard? Check her this evening, then again in the morning. Here's a link I have in my notes

How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing witheat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with

 

[PileatedFarms]

Could you get a picture? It's possible she just ate alot, did you feel it? Was it squishy or hard? Check her this evening, then again in the morning. Here's a link I have in my notes

How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing witheat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with

I can try to get a pic! It definitely is possible, but her crop didn't empty all the way overnight. It is squishyish and not hard. Thank you for the link! I'll try and get some coconut oil in her

 

[EEforMe]

If it’s squishy than it’s sour crop (if anything is wrong it could just be that she ate a lot)

 

[PileatedFarms]

If it’s squishy than it’s sour crop (if anything is wrong it could just be that she ate a lot)

Can she go back in the coop with the ladies? Do I have to withhold food?

 

[PileatedFarms]

I just gave her a wee bit of coconut oil and massaged her and definitely felt liquid in there and heard some gurgles come from both her mouth and crop. Good sign? Bad sign?

 

[PileatedFarms]

Here are some pics (don't kind her comb lol it's dirty from a previous bag balm lather)

 

[PileatedFarms]

I massaged her crop and I definitely think it got smaller

 

[ChickNanny13]

Looks like a "full" crop, my girls are that way at times. If her activities are normal, I would guess it's a full crop. Not sure about the gurgling sounds ... Is that picture of first thing in the morning or in the evening?

 

[PileatedFarms]

Looks like a "full" crop, my girls are that way at times. If her activities are normal, I would guess it's a full crop. Not sure about the gurgling sounds ... Is that picture of first thing in the morning or in the evening?

The picture was in the evening. Her crop was smaller this morning but still had some fibrous material in there. Acting completely normal otherwise - adjusting her crop a few times is the only thing