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@Mtn-maiden @CarpCharacin Does epsom soak help ascites? I haven’t read that. So maybe if that helped she’s got something different? My girl’s bum feels like a water balloon and she seems to show all the classic symptoms. I’m just taking a wait and see approach.

@Mtn-maiden My girl is the same. Still ruling the roost and laying every day. No more shell less eggs, that might not have been hers anyway. I’ve been watching videos about draining the water belly — but she would hate being handled so much. While she’s still acting ok, I’ll leave her be...

Pepper is still doing well. I dusted all the flock for mites this weekend because I found them on another of my girls. But with this barred rock, the swelling seems to have more irritation than the others, the skin over the swollen area is very red and angry. But she is still very active...

She is doing well, but I wish I could do more for her. I know it is most likely a physiological issue with her, but I wish I could "fix" her.

Just an update. My pullet is doing well -- sassy, eating, drinking, etc. Her abdomen seems to be about the same size and still squishy. She is laying about every other day (which is her norm). But she does seem to have fallen from #1 to #2 in the pecking order. I have never seen one of my...

OK thanks, I'll stick with my feed choice then.

Another question -- if it is ascites, I've read that can be related to protein in the diet. Would it be worthwhile to switch from 20% flock raiser to a lower-protein layer feed to help her? Or has the damage already been done and I should just stay the course?

@Eggcessive thanks for the reply! I will just watch her for now. I thought she was spending time in the nesting box lately because she was feeling broody. One of my barred rocks has been feathering the nest, and since she's been spending so much time in there, I presumed it was her. I will...

@3clucks so sorry you are dealing with this too! Hopefully someone will weigh in with advice for us. I fear ascites. Because she was her usual self, I put her back in the coop, so she's roosting now with the other girls. She had a normal poop while she was in with me. Fingers crossed.

Barred Rock pullet, 9.5 months old. Flock leader of 6, all the same age. Been spending a lot of time in the nesting box the past couple of days. I thought she laid yesterday but I could be wrong. Today we noticed that the area below her vent is very swollen. It was hard to tell looking, but...