Lillith37
Specially interested in chickens
One of my hens has a bulge beneath her vent. It’s not the usually squishiness you feel there, it’s a definitive ball shaped bulge. It fluctuates from being small like a golf ball to as big as a cricket ball. It causes her no problems except that I have to trim her feathers a little to keep her clean down there. I’ve scoured the internet and these forums and also talked to a vet. It’s not an uncommon phenomena and a lot of people don’t notice because the feathers usually hide it. One of the things it could be is a hernia. People have reported having chickens with these bulges and it being fine and then one day finding the chicken with the bulge exploded and the guts visible. I’m wondering if that’s perhaps something similar has happened with your hen.