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    Chicken w/ swollen abdomen, not pooping? - UPDATE: respiratory disease

    So, on Saturday night, I went to close up the chickens and found one of my old (about seven years) hens sitting on the floor, gasping. Every time she'd take a breath, she'd open her mouth really wide and make a rasping sound. I immediately rushed her inside and forced some Ivermectic down her...
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    Chicken w/ swollen abdomen, not pooping? - UPDATE: respiratory disease

    I just put her back outside a couple hours ago because she wasn't getting any better and she wasn't getting any worse, and I know she hates "The Cage". So when I put her in the coop, she perked up a lot and started pecking around and making some noise (a quiet chicken is an unhappy chicken, in...
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    Chicken w/ swollen abdomen, not pooping? - UPDATE: respiratory disease

    Thanks for all your advice and support. She's started pooping, and she ate some cottage cheese (her favorite) and chicken mash today, so I haven't given up all hope yet. I think I'll try some antibiotics with her and just hope for the best.
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    Chicken w/ swollen abdomen, not pooping? - UPDATE: respiratory disease

    Okay, so about two weeks ago I found my four year old red star hen sitting on the ground in the coop, not moving much. She still seemed pretty perky (bright eyed, head up, etc.) but I brought her inside and put her in a cage with some sugar and vitamin water. She wasn't eating anything, but...
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