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Is her rear end swollen? If so, perhaps she laid internally. You can take a syringe to remove some fluid from that area, if fluid is yellow and murky it is likely a yolk that was laid internally and will eventually be absorbed.

If the liquid is clear, she might have cancer. Ovaian cancer is fairly common in laying hens. If cancer, she will feel bloated and heavy, but she will have a protruding breast bone due to a reduced appetite. If cancer, she will likely get more bloated and heavier but her breast bone will get more obvious. I suggest weighing her and feeling her breast bone for changes.
Thank you for the advice! I don't want to remove the fluid but I will if I have to. She seems swollen in the morning but the swelling goes down after she has her bath, poops, and lays an egg. I'm going to go grab one of my other pullets and see what they feel like. Jewel just started laying last week so I'll go grab another one of my new layers for comparison. My DH thinks that I'm a poor nurse because the ones that I remove from the flock and take care of usually don't survive. I would love to prove him wrong with this one.
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Quote: I have heard of Ovarian cancer a couple of times. It seems that the often perk up with the extra care and nutrition and then pass month later.

Hopefully not cancer since she is laying eggs.

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I have heard of Ovarian cancer a couple of times. It seems that the often perk up with the extra care and nutrition and then pass month later.

Hopefully not cancer since she is laying eggs.

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I am hoping for the best!
I hope that it isn't cancer, too. She is a brand new layer so I'm hoping that she is just having a rough start to it. Her eggs are perfect with hard shells. I lost one 1 1/2 yr old SS hen last June to Merek's and she was full of tumors. She r was laying soft shelled, strange eggs then she just slowed way down on eating and passed. I thought that it was a problem with internal laying but the necropsy came back cancer. The vaccination did not work for her.
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Quote: That is really good news! Cancer is not usually that early and all the indications are that she is actually healthy. I would worry more if the eggs were wonky.

The one I lost had very wonky eggs.

I have seen none of those since.
 
I have heard of Ovarian cancer a couple of times. It seems that the often perk up with the extra care and nutrition and then pass month later.

Hopefully not cancer since she is laying eggs.

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I am hoping for the best!
Yep, I had a hen last year with cancer. I thought she had cocci so I treated her for Cocci and once she looked and felt better I returned her to the flock. Two weeks later I treated the water with Ivermetic and in the morning I found her dead. I sent the body to Davis and the results came back as Ovarian Adenocarinoma. The report also noted that she had poor body condition and no worms. It turns out, she was very skinny but I did not notice because she was so bloated, and I did not think to check her breast bone. A couple months later I had another hen (favorite hen) with similar symptoms so I took her to the vet. They removed liquid from her rear and because it was clear they suspected cancer. I did not have the liquid tested to confirm. I had her put down at the vet because she look uncomfortable and they did not give me much hope that she would survive.

Both of these girls were over 2 years old. I suspect Overian Cancer is less common in pullets especially ones that just started laying.
 

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