Critterfixer, I'm so sorry you lost your hen. But I am really appreciating this post because for the longest time I couldn't figure out what my hens were dying from. This post and the other info I have gathered helps me to understand that heating up their core body temperature to such a degree...
I've had this problem with several of my hens. Last summer, the girls were so incredibly stressed in the torrid heat that I believe this is how the heat stress affected them. I had three die so far from the bloated belly and I'm treating several more. I paid for one of those on-line avian...