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So sorry to hear about your hen. I'm sure she will be missed.

I am the person with a hen that was diagnosed with a hernia. I am no chicken expert, but I wonder if she had an egg break inside her? Does she have a messy gooey bottom?

It could be fluid collecting in her body cavity due to poorly working organs, but my gal has a hernia and her intestine slipped though the hole in her body cavity. She has been this way for years now, but someday this will cause problems and I will have to cull her. Really either way there is...

My vet said the exact same thing. He even opened her up just to make sure. He does not see too many chickens. She is fine for now, but one day this will kill her.

This is an old thread so not sure if anyone is following it any longer. I have a bird with the same problem with swelling. She has been this way for over 2 years now. I took her to the vet to try to have the bulge drained, but he was unable to. He then sliced her open and saw intestines, in...

My hen has the same thing. Balding belly and very squishy. Seems fine other tahn than that. I was reading some other threads that discribed this condition as ascites? It is fluids building up in her body, due to organ failure. I read some people can drian their chicken by basiclly poking holes...