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Our hen is showing traits of being eggbound, but we're not sure if this is the case, or if she has water belly instead since we can't feel a defined egg in her abdomen. She feels really heavy to us...
She is a 3 year old Blue/Red Laced Wyandote. She has been walking with more of a penguin look and low belly while having her tail feathers in the air. Yesterday we cheked her out and her vent looked good, but this morning it has become swollen. We set her in a lukewarm bath and tried to massage her gently, but cannot feel a defined egg, hence the thinking it could maybe be water belly instead. She also still has all of her feathers, there is not a bald/balding spot in the swoolen area. Her swollen section of abdomen is also off to the side some, toward her right leg. Overall though, her comb and waddles have good color, her eyes look sharp, and she still has plenty of interest in food (and we assume water, although havent been watching her drink). Her crop also seems to be in good shape, partially full this morning at time of her bath. She was sort of aloof from the flock outside, but is normally like that for the most part, so that is hard to judge whether she was self-isolating at all.
Does anyone have experience/remedies/insight they can lend us??
She is a 3 year old Blue/Red Laced Wyandote. She has been walking with more of a penguin look and low belly while having her tail feathers in the air. Yesterday we cheked her out and her vent looked good, but this morning it has become swollen. We set her in a lukewarm bath and tried to massage her gently, but cannot feel a defined egg, hence the thinking it could maybe be water belly instead. She also still has all of her feathers, there is not a bald/balding spot in the swoolen area. Her swollen section of abdomen is also off to the side some, toward her right leg. Overall though, her comb and waddles have good color, her eyes look sharp, and she still has plenty of interest in food (and we assume water, although havent been watching her drink). Her crop also seems to be in good shape, partially full this morning at time of her bath. She was sort of aloof from the flock outside, but is normally like that for the most part, so that is hard to judge whether she was self-isolating at all.
Does anyone have experience/remedies/insight they can lend us??