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    Help Please! Chick/pullet with swollen abdomen and heavy breathing. Possibly Ascites??

    Hi Rebecca, I'm sorry to hear about your little pullet. I ended up taking Malta to the vet and it turned out that she had an enlarged heart and that once she reached a certain size her heart wasn't able to support her body anymore. The vet also said that her abdomen felt fine even though it...
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    Help Please! Chick/pullet with swollen abdomen and heavy breathing. Possibly Ascites??

    Thanks chickenlover3! I started giving her some vitamins and electrolytes, I figure it cant hurt anything. The more research I've done the more its looking like it may be Ascites, I would guess caused by a heart condition, since she has always seemed to have a really fast heartbeat and heavy...
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    Hello from a new member!

    Hello everyone! This is such a wonderful site! Its been so helpful already! I used to raise chickens with my family when I was a kid, mostly Rhode Island reds, Barred Rocks, White leghorns and whatever mixed breeds came out from under the broody hens! But it has been 15+ years since I have...
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    Help Please! Chick/pullet with swollen abdomen and heavy breathing. Possibly Ascites??

    I have a chick/pullet who has been under the weather and any advise would be very helpful! I will try to list all i can about her situation. Malta is a silver laced wyandotte who is about 7 weeks old now, we got her and a buff orpington (Truffle) from the local feed store in the middle of Feb...
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