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TwinsLoveChicks, here are some videos that are posted. I have no idea if they are doing it properly or not Draining a hen's abdomen - YouTube 1:22 Jun 17, 2012 - Uploaded by tdbarani My nearly 3 year old hen, Buttercup, is laying internally and I have to drain ... This is my process for...

Some good links eith pictures of ascites and draining abdomen: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/853726/ascites-in-desperate-need-of-some-help-and-guidance https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/959300/necropsy-graphic-ascites-fluid-filled-abdomen-after-illness...

I wouldn't think that she would have needed to be drained only a day after first doing it. There may not be much fluid left. I haven't drained one before, but I believe you just barely puncture the skin where it is most full with no bones or tissue beneath the skin. Others on here, such as...

Back Yard Chickens is BYC. Draining the abdomen of a chicken with ascites may actually help relieve her pain, and relieve pressure on her lungs making it easier to breathe. With the use of a sterile needle, and cleaning the skin off with betadine, there shouldn't be too much chance of...

Ascites can be a result of heart failure or liver disease from infections, and in some chickens it can be hereditary.