Suddenly lifeless??? Help please

[KasaK]

Hello, new to chickens and our hens just started laying eggs this past week. Hours ago everyone was looking fine and now I have one laying down pretty lifeless. She is breathing and will object a little when I tried to give her water with a syringe. She looks very bad. Floppy. There has been mucus coming out of her mouth and when I found her she had the bedding stuck to it all over her face. I don't feel an obvious egg near her vent, but I'm so new to this I have no idea if an egg could be stuck. Ugh...it's Sunday of course and I live in a remote place far away from any type of emergency vet. I brought her inside with a fan and a/c since I thought maybe heat stroke, but nothing seems to improve. She looks so close to dead. Any suggestions? Thank you

 

[nuthatched]

Sounds like a crop issue, what's her diet and crop like?

 

[KasaK]

Sounds like a crop issue, what's her diet and crop like?

they have free access to chicken feed I buy in our small town. Only option. They free range in the jungle all day. We give them a variety of fruits and veggies and gave them tuna fish yesterday. She may have gotten into a little bit of dog kibble. I am just googling crop issues and don't know what I am looking for here.

 

[KasaK]

they have free access to chicken feed I buy in our small town. Only option. They free range in the jungle all day. We give them a variety of fruits and veggies and gave them tuna fish yesterday. She may have gotten into a little bit of dog kibble. I am just googling crop issues and don't know what I am looking for here.

No obvious impaction or hardness in its crop. feels soft/doughy. no foul smell. could a crop issue get so dramatic so quick. it was acting fine a couple hours before. now it can't barely move. no drinking. just laying there lifeless and breathing. opens eyes every once in a while.

 

[nuthatched]

No obvious impaction or hardness in its crop. feels soft/doughy. no foul smell. could a crop issue get so dramatic so quick. it was acting fine a couple hours before. now it can't barely move. no drinking. just laying there lifeless and breathing. opens eyes every once in a while.

How old is she? What breed?

 

[KasaK]

How old is she? What breed?

She just started laying eggs this week. Or we have 3 identical hens and get 2 eggs a day for about a week. Not sure who is laying when. Age is about 6 months. No idea what breed. We live in Mexico. All brown. She can't even move her head. Just laying there breathing. I am trying to give electrolytes with a syringe. I can't feel anything out of the ordinary. Gah. No possibility of a vet until mid day tomorrow and it will be a long car ride.

 

[nuthatched]

She just started laying eggs this week. Or we have 3 identical hens and get 2 eggs a day for about a week. Not sure who is laying when. Age is about 6 months. No idea what breed. We live in Mexico. All brown. She can't even move her head. Just laying there breathing. I am trying to give electrolytes with a syringe. I can't feel anything out of the ordinary. Gah. No possibility of a vet until mid day tomorrow and it will be a long car ride.

Hmm, I'm sorry. Theres so many things that it could be. Electrolytes is good, maybe it will keep her stabilized.
Is her comb pale, red or dark?

 

[KasaK]

Hmm, I'm sorry. Theres so many things that it could be. Electrolytes is good, maybe it will keep her stabilized.
Is her comb pale, red or dark?

comb is red and looks good.

 

[KasaK]

She died. I asked locals and their best guess is poisonous spiders they eat or scorpion. Sounds like I'm up against some big obstacles having chickens out here in the jungles of Mexico.