Chicken drags butt when it walks

[JustBabyMargo]

yes looke now am worried about ascites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent examined it deeply enough to have any sure symtoms. will be on it in the morning, i hope its not ascites!!!

Me too!!! Hope you can get some help!!!!!

 

[Shezadandy]

Ascities can be dealt with by draining the fluid. It is not a cure. But it will make her more comfortable. The longer a bird has a huge amount of fluid compressing its organs, the harder it is to come back from. Here is a video on how to drain ascities with one needle poke. I stopped bothering with a syringe, I just use the 14 or 16 gauge 1" needle (can be found by cattle vaccinations at the feed store) and let the fluid drain slowly, as she does in the later part of the video. Hope she gets to feeling better whether it's ascities or egg binding. The video is great at explaining the location to poke and how to do it:

 

[PippinTheChicken]

@aart @azygous @Kiki @Eggcessive

I think an epsom salt bath can help pass the egg. Don't do it until someone confirms this

 

[azygous]

We need you to describe her behavior in much greater detail. Please answer each of these questions. Try not to miss any.

Is she eating and drinking normally?

Is she mostly standing in one place with feathers fluffed up?

When she walks, are her legs spread out much farther apart than the other chickens?

When she walks, does she waddle side to side like a penguin?

Next, we need to know some details about her physical condition. Please answer each question. There will be a test on it. Okay, no. Just kidding about the last one.

Is she dripping fluids from her vent?

Is her poop runny with mucous and maybe colored yellow?

When you stand her up on her feet, is the swelling mostly in front of her legs? Or is it mostly behind her legs just under her vent?

 

[Louie239]

Then she is probably egg bound! Have you looked at different threads to see how to treat it? I tagged some others that should be able to help!

i checked her thismorning and she seems to have asitecs..

 

[Eggcessive]

It can be hard to distinguish internal laying, cancer, ascites in a chicken while they are alive without a vet or xrays, which most of us have access to. After a few necropsies on hens with enlarged abdomens I have found ascites and lash egg material of salpingitis, cancer, and fatty live disease with hemorrhage. You can use a sterile 18 gauge needle or a very small pointed knife to puncture just inside the abdominal wall to see if you get yellow/amber fluid. That is a temporary relief of ascites, but it may ease breathing and pressure. The very upright position of the bird in the example you posted, looks more like a chronic reproductive issue. To check for egg binding, you can insert a clean finger into the vent 2 inches to feel for an egg or obstruction.

 

[Louie239]

It can be hard to distinguish internal laying, cancer, ascites in a chicken while they are alive without a vet or xrays, which most of us have access to. After a few necropsies on hens with enlarged abdomens I have found ascites and lash egg material of salpingitis, cancer, and fatty live disease with hemorrhage. You can use a sterile 18 gauge needle or a very small pointed knife to puncture just inside the abdominal wall to see if you get yellow/amber fluid. That is a temporary relief of ascites, but it may ease breathing and pressure. The very upright position of the bird in the example you posted, looks more like a chronic reproductive issue. To check for egg binding, you can insert a clean finger into the vent 2 inches to feel for an egg or obstruction.

it seems to be acites bloatedchest, wheezing, walks funny, the chest is hard. i think i will have to put her down....

 

[JustBabyMargo]

it seems to be acites bloatedchest, wheezing, walks funny, the chest is hard. i think i will have to put her down....

Pictures?

 

[Louie239]

Pictures?

sorry qualitie is so bad

 

[JustBabyMargo]

sorry qualitie is so bad

Poor girl. My guess would be ascites then.