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So happy for you and your hen! -Kathy

How is she? -Kathy

Sorry for your loss. -Kathy

What does your gut tell you to do? -Kathy

Is she eating and drinking? How thin is she? Is she still not walking? Can you post a picture of her? -Kathy

Sorry or your loss. Sometimes the pressure of the fluid is too much for their hearts and lungs. -Kathy

I start by plucking the feathers around the vent area and cleaning it really well with Chlorhexidine. Then I stick an 18 gauge needle in about 1/4", attach 35 ml syringe and draw out fluid. If the needle is placed correctly the fluids will start dripping on it's own. Picture: Note that this...

It's pretty easy for me, but I handle poultry on a daily basis and have a decent understanding of their anatomy. -Kathy

If it feels like a water balloon, it is ascites, but hard to say what's causing it. There is no "cure", but draining her might buy her a few extra months. -Kathy

Does her belly feel like a water balloon? -Kathy

X2. I had one that lived quite happily for 9 months after one draining, but most others weren't as lucky. Eventually they will all succumb to the disease process that's causing the fluid build-up. Please do the finger in vent exam and rule out egg binding before you do anything drastic. -Kathy

If you are *100%* sure it's just liquid, and that there no masses, you could try draining it. Study these pictures, then get a glove, some KY Jelly and gently check for an egg. -Kathy

@mebuff daisy , how's your hen and do any of those pictures help? -Kathy

Here are some pictures of the mass and egg:

Here are some pictures of the mass and egg: -Kathy

Egg bound for months. This "egg" weighed 1.1 pounds. -Kathy

Egg bound for weeks or months. -Kathy

Cancer: -Kathy

This is one that had ascites due to cancer. I was able to drain her twice before she died. -Kathy

Here is one that had ascites (water belly) probably due to internal laying. -Kathy