honestly no but im guessing her insides were so smushed from the large amount of fluid in her abdomen that it was causing major health issues like bleeding from the mouth.
Hi guys,
I know there are multiple threads on here about agressive chickens but i couldnt find any quite like mine. I have a hen that i have raised (along with 5 others) from about a week old. Ive had her for about 5 months now and recently she started being extremely "pecky" towards me and any...
Hi! im not an expert but I personally think you are doing the right thing. as long as your chickens seem to have a value of life and don't seem completely miserable i would say let them live. Again, i really don't know anything about wounds or whether your chickens will survive but i DO know...
thank you so much for your help. we took her to the vet today and he said that she had some reproductive issue, had large amounts of build up in her abdomen and after much thought and by recommendation we decided to put her down:(
After my last post https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1023358/help-chicken-trouble-breathing-and-blood-clot-in-mouth
I think ive decided that my best diagnosis is one suggested by a reader: Egg Yolk Peritonitis. My hen is about 4 years old and stopped laying about 7 months ago.
Her symptoms...
she now has what looks like a blood clot in her mouth, would this also be a symptom and she stopped laying about 7 months ago, is this still egg yolk peritonitis?? also after your post i did feel her abdomen, it feels very swelled so this seems to be a good possibility. thank you so much for...
Hi this is my first post to BYC and I need some help. I have a hen who is about 4-5. She stopped laying eggs about 7 months ago and just today I noticed she has some difficulty breathing. She is not cocking her neck she is just sitting with her mouth open clearly having trouble. Today, when I...