It's somewhat tight. Feels more like gas. She has not been laying and she has been penguin standing all afternoon with her eyes closed. Also, her toes are curled, she doesn't stand flat footed. I have syringe fed her mashed-watery chicken food and she swallows it. No labored breathing. I...
Everytime I pick her up she has diarrhea pour out. I don't think she can control it. But I felt for an egg and found nothing. I do feel a spongy mass toward the bottom of her vent (not near her oviduct). She is very, very thin. I have not drawn fluid out yet but I can try. My conclusion after a...
I have a older hen with a large distended abdomen, very lethargic, falls asleep just sitting, and she cannot walk. I am visiting my parents farm and I found this hen this morning on the floor under her roost.
I palpated her abdomen. It is very soft (almost gas-like) I also internally palpated...