water belly

  1. Jordan01

    Water Belly?

    My father brought home new hens and this one has a descended belly that's soft, she lays on her side a lot but does walk and eat. She also has a wheeze to her breathing. I had a hen with water belly before but it hung more front than back like this one. Does she have water belly? Wondering if I...
  2. Grey Gables

    Water belly? 1.5 Y/O Hen - Advice Please!

    Hello - hoping to get some advice. I have a 1.5 year old Easter Egger who has had a swollen abdomen since Saturday (at least that's when I discovered it). I immediately knew something was up, as she didn't exit the run with the other chickens that morning. She is my most skittish chicken and...
  3. Lizzy733

    Water Belly - Recommendations

    Hey Guys, Long time no post and I wish it were under better circumstances. One of my dear hens has been struggling with a swollen abdomen for some time. - She's a 2.5 year old brown shaver, has gone through her moult and not gone back on the lay - not suspecting she ever will again...
  4. My sweet girls

    Please help my girl

    Beware! Photos not for the weak. Started yesterday. All of a sudden she was very lethargic and couldn’t move. She dropped a egg on our way into the house. I thought she was gonna die any moment. :’(. Her vent area has yellowish liquid discharge and her belly feels squishy and bloated. I drew 7ml...
  5. P

    Well I did my best... (Ascites) here's the story!

    A little story with the hopes to learn smth I don't know yet from everyone who reads it. I found one of my chickens in a penguin stance and immediately suspected egg bound situation. After 3 bath salts and aaaa loooot of reading I checked for egg and there was none. You can see how miserable...
  6. M

    Swollen belly

    Is there an over the counter diuretic for chickens? If so, what is it and what is the dosage? I read on another thread about water-pills helping someone’s hen with bloat (it wasn’t furosemide which requires prescription), I cannot find that thread anymore. Trying to avoid draining; my hen...
  7. Chintithor

    Possible egg-bound/water belly chicken help!

    I have a white leghorn hen that I just found this morning with a swollen abdomen. She was squatting like she was trying to poop but just standing like that. I picked her up and her belly is very swollen. At that point she was still running away from me no problem. I brought her in the house and...
  8. C

    Hen with a swollen abdomen... Water belly or something else?

    Hi all, I have used BYC for awhile but this is my first post. I have a beautiful Rhode Island Red named comfy bird. She is around a year and a half old now. Recently I have noticed she has developed labored breathing and has a swollen abdomen. I have done research and there are a bunch of...
  9. Lovem all

    Triple Emergencies!!! Help help help

    Okay so i have 3 big problems rn. So I went to collect the eggs and noticed my 10 year old barred rock chicken combs was in a weird position on the ground, looking very tired, breathing irregular, and the position she had was almost like she wanted to lay an egg. Her crop was empty so I took...
  10. K

    PLEASE HELP! Hen egg bound (I think) for a week

    Hi! I just joined this wonderful site after coming on here every time I have questions about my hens ... I am a new chicken mom. I got my girls from Someone who didn’t want their chickens anymore.... I’ve had them for about three months and never had any issues - tomorrow will be seven days I’ve...
  11. Wonderling

    Water belly?

    My australorp hen (Poppy) has a swollen abdomen and it acting rather lethargic. She doesn't appear to be having any trouble breathing but her poo matches the chicken that had ovarian cancer that had spread to other organs from this...
  12. haileyeverhart

    Hen has ascites

    Hi everyone, I hope everyone is staying safe and distancing themselves from others! Well, my Buff Orpington Noodles turned 5 years old recently, and I knew that would come with health problems. A few months ago she started acting differently, her tail went down more than often, her comb was...
  13. C

    *warning graphic, deceased bird* question about cause of death. Solid eggs inside

    Hi all, we lost our Bridget Jones last month. She became lethargic and her tummy was full of a syrup-like liquid. Eventually she couldn't jump and she was struggling to breathe. We thought we found a tumour inside, but we're quite alarmed to find two solid/cooked eggs inside her, see pics. Does...
  14. ksful

    Water belly (ascites) in hen - anyone in Southern NH to help?

    Hi, new to this group but joined because I have a hen who is suspect has water belly - she has all the signs.... very VERY heavy, abdomin swollen, walking like a penguin. She is a black sex-link, about 3-1/2 yrs old and hasn't laid an egg in close to a year. There is some yellow "stuff"...
  15. fishinthewater

    Dead chickens- infection? pyrethrin poisoning?

    I have (had) four chickens in a chicken tractor that moves every few days. I came home from a weekend away to find my rhode island, who had been looking a little droopy before I left (which I attributed to molting), with what I believe was water belly. She was only three, and it never got any...
  16. L

    Swollen abdomen, not egg bound, lethargic

    My 1 1/2 year old barred rock became suddenly ill today. Lethargic, unable to walk or stand for a period, possible fever and with abdomen distended. While I was running the warm water to treat for egg bound, I placed her in the nest where she passed an egg. Her crop was also watery, squishy and...
  17. BigMoma3

    Help diagnosing..possibly mycotoxins?

    Hi all! I have recently lost a very sweet hen and have another sick with the exact same symptoms. I'm beginning to suspect mycotoxins from moldy feed and am hoping someone can share a similar experience based on symptoms. I've searched through the forums with no luck. It started off with me...
  18. LA Farmer

    Need Assistance Draining my hen- Los Angeles Area

    I would appreciate some assistance relieving my hen who has a case of water belly. I haven't done this procedure before and the support would be helpful. Thanks much.
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