We've been noticing our older (maybe 3-6 years, indian game bantam) has looked...wider ... Starting at least two weeks ago.
We attributed it to spring abundance, high egg laying, and some broodiness. But we checked today and the weight appears to be somewhat squishy keel to vent. She looks wider in the wings/ area between the wings from above, but I swear her hips look wider though her feet stance is normal. Her skin is not red in the area.
Her pantaloons look almost like a diaper. I doubt she's managed to get fat in two weeks, so it feels more like fluid retention.
We'll keep monitoring, but I don't know what to do for treatment at this point.
Is there by early treatment for water belly? Food changes?
Or if she has a reproductive issue she would show more signs of distress?
She is usually svelte. Our Orpingtons only have a small layer of soft tissue in the same area. She has not laid for three days but neither have the other girls and they look red enough that they will soon.
She is active and happy and no signs of distress or lack of eating.
She does get possibly too much food and treats as her four girls are more than 3x her size, and she fights to get her equal share.
She gets layer feed and some wheat, is free range and gets loads of greens/weeds. She dislikes mealworms but won't pass up any seeds or a peanut.
Poos are normal. Urate is white.
She's been standoffish to me for a few months, but I was away for a few weeks and have been informed she missed me and acting like she does if one of the other girls have been out of the run for a night. She hangs out with the other girls at times, and other times does not. She's always been the mom and unbelievably strong, so we're a bit afraid she could be hiding whatever. But she's still interacting with her girls and in charge.
Photos from yesterday attached. Compared to previous years, the feathers on her hips protrude further from her wings, like there's something around her bottom.
I'll try to find some videos from this and last year to compare as the photos really don't demonstrate.
We attributed it to spring abundance, high egg laying, and some broodiness. But we checked today and the weight appears to be somewhat squishy keel to vent. She looks wider in the wings/ area between the wings from above, but I swear her hips look wider though her feet stance is normal. Her skin is not red in the area.
Her pantaloons look almost like a diaper. I doubt she's managed to get fat in two weeks, so it feels more like fluid retention.
We'll keep monitoring, but I don't know what to do for treatment at this point.
Is there by early treatment for water belly? Food changes?
Or if she has a reproductive issue she would show more signs of distress?
She is usually svelte. Our Orpingtons only have a small layer of soft tissue in the same area. She has not laid for three days but neither have the other girls and they look red enough that they will soon.
She is active and happy and no signs of distress or lack of eating.
She does get possibly too much food and treats as her four girls are more than 3x her size, and she fights to get her equal share.
She gets layer feed and some wheat, is free range and gets loads of greens/weeds. She dislikes mealworms but won't pass up any seeds or a peanut.
Poos are normal. Urate is white.
She's been standoffish to me for a few months, but I was away for a few weeks and have been informed she missed me and acting like she does if one of the other girls have been out of the run for a night. She hangs out with the other girls at times, and other times does not. She's always been the mom and unbelievably strong, so we're a bit afraid she could be hiding whatever. But she's still interacting with her girls and in charge.
Photos from yesterday attached. Compared to previous years, the feathers on her hips protrude further from her wings, like there's something around her bottom.
I'll try to find some videos from this and last year to compare as the photos really don't demonstrate.