- Apr 25, 2008
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Hi,
I had a hen that started to look egg bound about 4 days ago I successfully treated one for this problem a few weeks ago and I did the same for this hen and she did not improve yesterday and today she was very bad so i went ahead and put her out of her misery. During the week she just kept bloating up and at the end was walking like a penguin it took a little bit of working up to it but I opened her up to try and figure out what was wrong. I dont mind butchering regular chickens but she had bloated so much I was nervous about what was swelling up I assumed it was a egg thing. I pulled some feathers off enough to see the abdomin which was very swolen like a water balloon. I cur through the first layer of skin thinking this was part of the intestines or something swolen but it was actually in the abdomin cavity not the intestines. I poked a quick hole and drained probably a quarter of liquid out it had no real smell it was yellow just like pee. Any idea what may have gone wrong even yesterday she still wanted to eat and drink.
Thanks in advance Nicki
I had a hen that started to look egg bound about 4 days ago I successfully treated one for this problem a few weeks ago and I did the same for this hen and she did not improve yesterday and today she was very bad so i went ahead and put her out of her misery. During the week she just kept bloating up and at the end was walking like a penguin it took a little bit of working up to it but I opened her up to try and figure out what was wrong. I dont mind butchering regular chickens but she had bloated so much I was nervous about what was swelling up I assumed it was a egg thing. I pulled some feathers off enough to see the abdomin which was very swolen like a water balloon. I cur through the first layer of skin thinking this was part of the intestines or something swolen but it was actually in the abdomin cavity not the intestines. I poked a quick hole and drained probably a quarter of liquid out it had no real smell it was yellow just like pee. Any idea what may have gone wrong even yesterday she still wanted to eat and drink.
Thanks in advance Nicki