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    Emergency- hen abdomen is split open with internal part hanging out.

    She was only two years old. But she had a history of getting egg bound. I had to soak her before to relive this pressure. she was also very large. Much larger than the others in the flock and I suspect she was a “meat chicken” or poorly breed to be extra large. I think the internal issue...
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    Emergency- hen abdomen is split open with internal part hanging out.

    Thank you everyone. I went to check on her this morning and she had passed away. She was free ranging yesterday afternoon. And the split must have been gradually opening throughout the day and she couldn’t make it back to roost at night. i tucked her in an isolated coop and she passed away...
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    Emergency- hen abdomen is split open with internal part hanging out.

    Thank you everyone for your advice. I do agree it must be intestine. I don’t think she was attacked. She is a very large chicken (idk what type but seems like maybe extra large breed to be a meat chicken) I did see a thread about baby chicks who had their intestines popping out. And the owner...
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    Emergency- hen abdomen is split open with internal part hanging out.

    Please advise (no chicken vet in area) I went to put my flock in for the night and noticed one chicken was slowly walking farther away from coop. The other 8 flock members had already settled in for the night. I can see that she has a split (about 1 inch hole under the roundest part of her butt...
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