swollen abdomen

  1. Sparrow-Song

    Egg-bound hen not responding to Epsom soaks, seeing yolk dripping from vent—advice on further steps?

    I feel like I only get on this site with emergencies these days, but unfortunately it seems when it comes to chickens it doesn’t rain but pour! My hen (Olive-egger, 3 years old and as of a week ago the last survivor of her batch, background mycoplasma and survived my first-timer bumblefoot...
  2. chickenmomma1108

    hen with labored breathing, waddling, worms and mites?!

    Have a Calico Princess hen ("Kali" - 2 years old) who gets around the chicken run during the day, but I have noticed her belly is very big and low & she seems to struggle with breathing. I hadn't realized she was missing so many feathers on her bottom and her belly underneath until today. Had...
  3. T

    Possible water belly

    I think one of my old English game bantams has the beginning stages of water belly. Her abdomen looks slightly swollen and feels like it's got water inside. Her cloaca looks bigger than it should. She's acting fine. She's eating and drinking normally, isn't showing any signs of respiratory...
  4. TundraGhost

    Heavy breathing and swollen abdomen (Video)

    Hi friends, I could use some thoughts if anyone has any. I detail it all down below, but aside from her breathing heavy sometimes and her swollen abdomen, I was doing some of my own research and I do wonder if one of her air sacs could be inflamed, as she has a lump on one side of her underside...
  5. C

    Help, 2 chickens with a swollen abdomen and bumble foot. Any ideas?

    I’ve got a Sussex mix called raven (the fat black one) and a isa brown mix called peanutbutter (the less fat brown one) that we hatched at home from our other choocks eggs. They are both are about 2 years old now. I noticed the bumble foot and swollen abdomen when I was treating for mites...
  6. M

    Abdominal swellings in 1.5 year old hen

    I have a 1.5ish year old RIR hen that has developed swellings. I was wondering about as it’s, but she’s so young. Also, it almost seems that there are two swellings with one of them being the smaller, redder area. She seems normal otherwise. Red combs, normal stance. She hasn’t been laying...
  7. C

    Help please. 1 yr Marans, swollen belly, runny poo, not roosting at night.

    Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help. I have a 1 year old Marans who didn't go to roost last night, when I picked her up I noticed her belly (just below her vent) was nearly bald and swollen. She didn't like it being touched so I think it's sore. The photo is straight after giving her a warm...
  8. mtnchicken

    Help! Is Queenie Egg Bound?

    Our favorite hen Queenie is acting egg bound (lethargic, waddling, swollen bum area) but she's pooping normally and eating normally. This started about 10 days ago right as we were leaving for vacation. The house sitters kept an eye on her and she's just slightly worse than 10 days ago. I'd...
  9. TurGoosen

    HELP!? Gosling with a swollen stomach

    I have a pair of goslings around a week and a half old. One is very large, constantly running around and eating. The other about half its size and seems sluggish and unsteady on its feet in comparison with what seems to me to be a visibly swollen stomach which is hard to the touch. Both are...
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  10. seven possums

    Balloon butt after hen quit laying, EYP?

    Venus is a guesstimated 2.5y/o australorp, 3 flockmates - 2 leghorns, Magnolia & Sarge, and another 'lorp, Elvira. She's not laying, suspect a repro issue that has led to EYP - swollen, bruised-looking belly has drained off 3x, different fluid every time. Venus has always been broody and plucks...
  11. SonjaS

    Swollen abdomen, soft. Not laying eggs.

    Audrey is 7 or 8 years old and has a soft swollen abdomen. She sits in the nest box for the normal time and then goes about her business as usual but no egg has come. She seems perfectly fine otherwise. No pasty butt and poop seems normal (see pic) Free range, acts normal during the day, perches...
  12. G

    Chicken has Coelomic distention (important)

    Vet diagnosed 3.5 year old buff cochin with coelomic distention. She has no fluid in her stomach but instead might have a reproductive disease/cancer. We were prescribed antibiotics that we give 1/2 of a pill 2 times a day. She has not started to lay eggs again since fall. Her belly is not super...
  13. sixxchixx

    Heavy breathing, won’t stand (DAY 4)

    Hello, I have a 2ish year old EE who has been ill since Saturday (today is Tuesday). We noticed she wasn’t really walking around or eager to free range with the other 3 hens in my backyard flock. I suspected eggbound. I bathed her, dried her and placed her in a small cage in my kitchen to keep...
  14. R

    Swollen butt area

    I need help trying to figure out what condition my chicken has so I can research and hopefully find some remedy. I’ve tried to describe what I see but I’m just not finding something similar. She hasn’t been laying eggs, she did like 2-3 months ago. Her butt area seems like she is about to lay an...
  15. C

    What is wrong with this poor little guy? 😞

    This little guy has had this since he was a hatchling and I’m lost as to what to do for him. He seems healthy and active like the rest, but has this super big belly that looks like a testicle 🫣🤦🏻‍♀️ I worry it will pop or something 😳 Either way it cannot be healthy.
  16. Mariakoltsa

    Lincospectin 100 dosage? Omphalitis

    hello ! Quick question as its already too late probably. Baby chick assisted hatched. About 5 days old now. Had a swollen belly i thought might have been normal from the yolk sack. went a bit smaller but one half of her belly still swollen plus the dried belly 'cord' stump still attached. she...
  17. H

    Skin irritation and swelling

    what is this & what should I do? -She is about 5-6 days old -the area is red and swollen/has a lump but not hot -she’s eating, drinking, and active I’m a 1st time chicken mama and I bought 3 Rhode Island Reds and 2 “Rainbows” (this one being a “rainbow”) from tractor supply 3 days ago...
  18. O

    Help! Chick with large abdomen?

    I have a week old splash laced Wyandotte and she has a very distended belly that is rock hard. She is active and eager to eat and otherwise normal. My theory is constipation. She doesn’t have pasty butt and doesn't seem to be mushy chick. Poo details: She has normal size little healthy...
  19. A

    What’s wrong with my Hen?????

    Hi my hen is a Rhode Island Red and is only just over a year old. Yesterday she stood around the garden and wouldn’t move but I didn’t think much of it. She usually has a problem laying every so often because she lays double yolks and is always fine. But today was worse. She has stood in the...
  20. K

    Ascites disappearing?!

    Hen in question is 2 years old, isa brown. Otherwise healthy, eating drinking fine. For several months my hen has had fluid accumulating in her abdomen. I got the vet to drain it and the fluid was a dark green, but not chunky. With the fluid removed I was able to feel a mass, about the size of...
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