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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    BluKote is amazing, highly recommend.
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    It's been a very long time and I've recommended BYC to all of my hen moms. I have helped with so many with chicken issues thanks to all I have learned here. Your site is an invaluable resource, especially for those of us in areas without vets who treat chickens. One of my first hens is still...
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    Chicken with swollen belly

    Wow, that's why she was going back to it, thank you! I've had a hen with ascites and I was able to drain her, but when I tried to drain this bird I didn't get any fluid. I can feel lumps inside her, which my other hen didn't have with ascites. Her comb looks healthy, still eating, drinking...
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    Chicken with swollen belly

    I tried that and didn't get any fluid.
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    Chicken with swollen belly

    No avian vet with 2 hrs
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    Chicken with swollen belly

    Thank you this makes sense. I'm guessing it is internal laying because she is acting fine...so far. Is there anything else I can do for her?
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    Chicken with swollen belly

    Is that the same as being egg-bound? I've been soaking her with no results. It has been a week.
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    Chicken with swollen belly

    Anyone have any other ideas? I love her so much as she's still going strong today.
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    Chicken with swollen belly

    I have a sick hen. She's a 5 yr. old Barred Rock. She is eating, drinking, roosting on the highest spot and overall acting normal, except for her swollen belly. I've treated a chicken for ascites before, so I have a little experience with that. I first treated her for being egg-bound with...
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    Bumblefoot healing

    Ibgreenfield Your method worked with my hen, it was a pain, but way better than surgery in my opinion. It did take a couple of months. I also used a herb ointment that I got from my acupuncturist to help the healing. Thank you so much!
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    Sick hen undigested grain in poop, weak legs, skinny

    It does, I checked, but it's a 2-2 1/2 hour drive each way and I can't go until at least Friday, so...I think I'm going to let her RIP. I'm confident that it's not something contagious as she had difficulty with egg development after her first year laying and I'm told that can also be a liver...
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    Sick hen undigested grain in poop, weak legs, skinny

    Saaniya, thank you for your kind words, what is EYP?
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    Sick hen undigested grain in poop, weak legs, skinny

    Thank you Texas Kiki. I'm in northern CA. I'm pretty confident she had liver failure, talked with two docs about it.
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    Comment by 'MissMindy' in article 'Poultry Ownership and Dealing with Loss (From a Tenderhearted Farmer)'

    I just lost my first, and of course, favorite hen today. She got ascites and died from liver failure quickly and laying the coop in the sun. I'm so sad and felt silly until I read this. She was loved and she purred as I cuddled her yesterday and told her she could go. I feel blessed she went...
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    Sick hen undigested grain in poop, weak legs, skinny

    She passed away just before I got home from work today.She looked like she was lying in the sun.
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