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Very sorry to hear of your loss. It can be very educational to do a home necropsy to look at the abdominal organs. If you decide to do that, take pictures to post for any help. If there is yellow fluid that comes out of the belly when it is opened, that is ascites/watery belly. Here is a good...

If she has water belly, the condition that causes it is not reversible. Some people drain the belly if it becomes full and the hen is short of breath. My only hen who showed symptoms, died about 3 weeks after her first draining. Her necropsy showed internal laying. She was 10. Since I do...

I would probably give her 300-400 mg a day in case she is trying to push out an egg or lash egg. If her belly gets tight as in the link, or she is having labored breathing, you might want to try to drain her with an 18 gauge needle. Draining could confirm that she has ascites, but it is not a...

The normally white urates in the poop do look yellowish, which points to a liver issue, a cause of water belly. How old is she? Does she normally lay eggs? Has she had any labored breathing? How much calcium citrate with vitamin D did you give—300mg? Here is a picture in post 42 of a hen with...

I would stop all of the extras, since those dilute the balanced nutrition of the chicken starter. All flock or flock raiser is basically the same thing, but may be better for grown birds. Is her belly full and enlarged? Can you post a picture of her poops? You hen looks like she may have ascites...