Bloated hen

[henpecked56]

So... on closer examination, all of her rump feathers are gone which has exposed a very large colony on lice.... How do I treat? Support therapy? I can actually look in the archives on the subject, but yes, the person who suggested lice in the first place was indeed correct.

henpecked 56

 

[Mattemma]

You can dust with sevin powder.Some people put the sevin in a bag,put the hen in,close around the neck and get that dust around.Me, I just patted the sevin on the rump and under the wings.

I had a hen with a huge bloat at the rear.It eventually burst and got infected. I culled her.Should have culled her before,but I kept hoping the swelling would go down.

Hope you have better luck. I just found another hen with chest swelling.A squishy mass the size of a baseball.My third hen with this issue. I have had more problem with health issues than predators!