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I also have a hen that walks with her legs far apart and her abdomen seems swollen. She has been like this for weeks. What is it and what can I do?
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I also have a hen that walks with her legs far apart and her abdomen seems swollen. She has been like this for weeks. What is it and what can I do?
You could try some vitamin B Complex tablets crushed in the food or water daily, but the chick vitamins will probably not help her if she is nearing the age of butchering. Many people who to keep meaties after the 6-7 week butchering age will limit their feed and let them out to free range in order to slim them down. After 6 weeks old, they can have a tendency for broken legs or heart attacks.thank you for responding, I actually started checking after I posted and she is a meat bird, a cornish rock. I got 24 new chicks this year 4 different types and 6 were the rocks. She is full grown apparently now ( about 5-6 weeks old) I'm calling it a she but I really don't know yet.
She still eats fine and gets along with the others. 6 RIR, 6 australorp, and 6 assorted bantams. Should I go with the vitamins?
thanks
its been 6 years my hen is going thru the dame wht happeened do you have any idea what it wadShe is about 4-5 years old, a Partridge Wyandott hen - she has been this way (although somewhat worse this week) for at least 4 months. I took her to the vet, he checked her and said she wasn't egg-bound, no parasites, etc. He couldn't say what was wrong with her, but the exam revealed nothing. He went ahead and wormed her just in case, but really no diagnosis. She looks terribly uncomfortable - her legs are so far apart she waddles. She is still eating, but it's hard for her to get around like the others, so if there is a "race" for a worm or something, she doesn't get there in time. I have bathed her in warm water about 4-5 times to get the poop off her bottom when it builds up. I don't know what is causing that even. I don't know how to help. I will keep giving her warm baths when the buildup on her rear happens, but what? Long term? I thought the egg binding would kill a hen fairly quickly. I hate seeing her suffer, but I don't know to what extent she is just uncomfortable, or possibly in pain? She still gets out when I let the others out to free range, and she walks around with them some, but eventually sits to rest while the others continue to roam. Thank you for your reply. -- Editing here, and wanted to add that she is swollen, and when I pick her up (which she doesn't like at all) she feels like a fully inflated football.
She is about 4-5 years old, a Partridge Wyandott hen - she has been this way (although somewhat worse this week) for at least 4 months. I took her to the vet, he checked her and said she wasn't egg-bound, no parasites, etc. He couldn't say what was wrong with her, but the exam revealed nothing. He went ahead and wormed her just in case, but really no diagnosis. She looks terribly uncomfortable - her legs are so far apart she waddles. She is still eating, but it's hard for her to get around like the others, so if there is a "race" for a worm or something, she doesn't get there in time. I have bathed her in warm water about 4-5 times to get the poop off her bottom when it builds up. I don't know what is causing that even. I don't know how to help. I will keep giving her warm baths when the buildup on her rear happens, but what? Long term? I thought the egg binding would kill a hen fairly quickly. I hate seeing her suffer, but I don't know to what extent she is just uncomfortable, or possibly in pain? She still gets out when I let the others out to free range, and she walks around with them some, but eventually sits to rest while the others continue to roam. Thank you for your reply. -- Editing here, and wanted to add that she is swollen, and when I pick her up (which she doesn't like at all) she feels like a fully inflated football.