Recent content by KatyLeah

To be honest, I know little about chicken anatomy. I am a cat/dog/rodent VT, I have almost zero experience with farm animal medicine. It might be her crop that is bulging? Like I said, it is about the size of a softball. I just went a looked up a picture of a chicken's anatomy, and it does seem...

No, I don't think she gorged herself. The liquid coming from her mouth was pus. and if I gently squeezed the mass, fluid flowed out faster. There is no granulation in it, it was like watered down pus.

Aprox 1 year old Wyandotte hen, eating,drinking, acting normal. As I was giving her treats tonight I noticed her chest seemed saggy. When I picked her up I found that it is a fluid filled mass on her chest, about the size of a softball. I turned her on her side to get a better look and puss-like...