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    Bulge beneath cloaca

    Thanks for the response. The bulge on your chicken looks very similar except the one on mine is a bit larger and lower on her body. It's good to know that yours has lived for years in this condition. My chicken still acts normally. We'll keep monitoring her but I feel better for now, assuming...
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    Bulge beneath cloaca

    She actually still seems completely normal except for having the large bulge. She eats, drinks, poops, and forages the yard with her sisters. I know it's hard to tell if animals are in pain but she doesn't seem like she is. I don't know if there are any other interventions I should try or if I...
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    Bulge beneath cloaca

    Thanks for the response. I should have noted in my original post that she's been like this for at least a week. Our first thought was also that she could be egg bound. We have given her epsom salt baths and also a small amount of milk of magnesia. It doesn't seem to make a difference. If she was...
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    Bulge beneath cloaca

    We have a black australorp that has a large bulge beneath her cloaca. I wonder if it's a hernia; it doesn't seem to be filled with fluid. She eats, drinks, sleeps, walks normally. I don't think she has laid eggs recently but I'm not sure. I'm hoping somebody has some ideas as to what this is...
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