waterbelly

Hi all, I have my second elderly hen that is definitely showing signs of water belly / ascites. Shape and feel of a water balloon on her abdomen, showing lethargy, gasping for air. I've put her in her own little coop and she is doing a bit better with the restricted activity. I know this won't...

Our favorite girl has come down with a terrible bout of ascites and I've learned quite a lot over the last week, so I thought I would share since I don't see anything like this mentioned here. When I first noticed that her legs were held widely and she was having discomfort in walking (it's...

A while ago, I noticed one of my hens picking up a bit of weight on her behind. I felt her lower abdomen, and although it did feel slightly bigger than the other hens, I decided to leave her, but remained speculative. Now, her lower abdomen feels substantially bigger than it did last time, and...

Beware! Photos not for the weak. Started yesterday. All of a sudden she was very lethargic and couldn’t move. She dropped a egg on our way into the house. I thought she was gonna die any moment. :’(. Her vent area has yellowish liquid discharge and her belly feels squishy and bloated. I drew 7ml...

Hey everybody, I posted yesterday about my chicken being sick and we came to the consensus that she was suffering from ascites. I just performed the liquid withdrawal procedure with a syringe and got 105ml(3.5 fl oz) out of her(well within the safe range). Unfortunately, I had to stick her 3...

Hello all my lovely chicken folks! I have a bit of an advanced question for y'all regarding water belly. I'm completely bewildered by this one so maybe one of you smarties could help?! IN A NUTSHELL: The patient is a 2 year old silver laced Wyandotte named Celosia (after the flower). She has...

Hello all, I had a chicken die yesterday, her belly was bloated I figured it was just just an egg. When I cut her open all of her flesh fell out as yellow goop. This is only the 10th chicken I've butchered so I'm looking for some help diagnosing the problem and perhaps preventing it in the...

We have an older hen (5+ years) who has developed ascites (water belly) randomly. I’m a nurse and know how to drain such things but we will be taking her a to a vet for further evaluation tomorrow. My question is, once this starts does it continue? Like are we going to have to drain her every so...

Hello. I was born a farm girl. My experience raising chickens only started six years ago when I bought six Easter Eggers specifically for their blue eggs. Since then I have tried my hand at hatching, learned to use a syringe to reduce water belly & even tried to graft a chickens head. The...

One of my hens has fallen ill. She is a RI Red and about 5 years old. It started with a poopy butt, and then turned into a swollen abdomen, tight with fluids, which one day even moved to her chest. She is now waddling like a penguin and uses her wings to keep her balance. I initially thought she...

So I saw something on BYC about a swollen belly, and I am worried because I noticed that one of our chickens has a distended abdomen a month ago. I am scared that she does not have long to live. We have none of the supplies to drain the fluid, either. What should I do?