XanderWiFi
Songster
Was working outside and walking by the coop. Noticed bare leg, one of our white leghorns was standing very still looking sleepy. I let the girls out for some free range time and she was slow to move, waddling and walking more like a duck then a chicken. If she had pants, it looked like she would have pooped in them and forced to walk around. Every few seconds she would pant and when I finally was able to get ahold of her I could not feel her sternum any longer. Her lower half was extremely bloated. Almost like an air sac rupture, but the air should be traveling upwards. All of this seems concentrated in her lower half (unlike the air rupture Mohawk had that I needle decompressed). Picking her up definitely caused her to pant more. While following her she had two watery brown poops.
Any ideas? I'm stumped. She is in seclusion. Wants to be with the rest of the pack but this seems like something dire. Not posting pictures yet because it isn't anything SUPER obvious that a picture would demonstrate.
Google yields "water belly." She is only going into her third year of life.
Any ideas? I'm stumped. She is in seclusion. Wants to be with the rest of the pack but this seems like something dire. Not posting pictures yet because it isn't anything SUPER obvious that a picture would demonstrate.
Google yields "water belly." She is only going into her third year of life.
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