Ascities and eggs

[Kathy1]

Is it okay to eat the eggs from a Cochin that has ascites?. My egg laying issues at all.

 

[Kathy1]

anyone know??

 

[PandoraTaylor]

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch135/ch135e.html

after reading this I think I would consult a vet, do what he reccommends for the hen:
if you are giving antibodotics I would not eat the eggs.

 

[gallusdomesticus]

Ascites, "water belly", by itself does not affect the egg however as the previous post suggested, I wouldn't eat the eggs if you had given the hen antibiotics. Have you had her abdomen drained? Ascites doesn't cure itself. If she has it, the fluid build up will eventually affect her heart.