Thanks for the reply. Your chicken lived to 11. That’s fantastic. My hen is just under 2.5 yrs. The water belly is very squishy and not firm. She gets around fine but it feels like a big soft water balloon. The underlying reason does not seem cardiac or pulmonary as she is never short of breath...
I have a very sweet hen. Name Henrietta. She has water belly but is not in any distress from it. Can roost fine. It sounds from what I read in some threads, the only time to drain is when the chicken is in distress. It’s a pretty big water belly but I’d like to hear if I should just let her be...
