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Just had this happen to me again. Buff Orp was a bowling ball of fluid-filled abdomen. Her comb was purple. She could not get on the roost. We decided NOT to drain or even treat with penicillin, as we had done that weeks before her abdomen had expanded to this extent. We separated her, fed her...

It happens that way occasionally, but the fluid will return in time. If you read the story of Ivy, same deal. She "recovered" twice, without draining and only with massive doses of penicillin, but in the end, nothing would fix the problem. I can't recall if I ever did drain Ivy. I know the first...

Hate to say it and it may not be true for everyone, not bashing a hatchery, certainly, but all of my original hens and a few others came from one of the big well-known hatcheries. That includes those two Brahmas I mentioned who didn't have egg problems and a banty Cochin and a year old Silver...

You know, if you get hatchery breeds that are less known for that "egg-a-day" production, you may fare better. My hatchery Brahmas never had any egg issues. I lost one at 5 1/2 to ovarian cancer, but she was laying up until about 4 weeks before she died. The other is over 5 1/2 now and still...

I have had many hatchery hens die of reproductive issues and two crossbreeds whose parents were hatchery stock, but none so far that were breeder/heritage hens. They are not completely immune to reproductive malfunction, certainly, but you'll most likely have much less issue with that if you...

You're indeed lucky to have such a great vet! Awesome!

You're a bit late to the party, FlyHigher. We've discussed that at length in the thread already. Both myself and terryg have extensive experience and knowledge of that malfunction.

Wait, what? Egg binding and sour crop do not present remotely like each other. They're at two different ends of the bird.

If you have a hen with an internal infection, be careful not to do bumblefoot surgery unless 100% absolutely necessary. I had a hen whose foot wasn't really bad-we're very experienced with bumblefoot, having done many surgeries over the years. It was a small plug, nothing serious. Her foot went...

The only thing is a complete hysterectomy. It's a genetic/hormone based malfunction. Most don't make it through the hysterectomy due to their sensitivity to anesthesia, as well as the fact that most are gravely ill by the time the owner gets to the point of considering the surgery. There is no...

So sorry, but I know exactly what you're going through. I'm hoping I don't have to do this many more times since most of my hatchery hens are gone now, but of course, it's not completely limited to only hatchery stock, just that they have worse genetics overall. It amazes me how thin they can...

The hard areas may just be so full of fluid/yolk that it is stretching the skin, however, I once had a hen with a very hard abdomen who was losing weight dramatically. We euthanized her to find that she had a huge egg-within-an-egg which, being too huge to pass, had dropped into the abdomen. So...

You can drain fluid, you can inject penicillin for the liquid infection, but that won't dissolve the masses if there are some in there. I've had only one hen ever rally from this and she did it twice, each time laying one or two eggs, then relapsing, but that only meant that her oviducts weren't...

I have had them lay internally for 8-10 months before passing on, with abdomens and oviducts full of cheesy gunk. It's amazing how long they can live that way, while others may die suddenly, with no huge lead-up to it that you even notice. If they are extremely healthy with good immune systems...

Once that cycle begins, Egg Yolk Peritonitis, Internal Laying, etc, etc, it is chronic. Antibiotics won't fix it permanently, I'm sorry to say. Been there, done that many times. They may remove some of the fluid folks call ascites, and draining will make her more comfortable by relieving the...