Fluid in belly with egg floating

[rebrascora]

You could well be right that her sedentary existence over the past month caused the fat deposits and perhaps it is a "chicken and egg" scenario (if you will excuse the pun)..... which one came first. It would be very easy for veterinarian people doing necropsies on such hens to assume that the obesity caused the salpingitis rather than that the fat deposits were actually a result of their limited activity because of the salpingitis. I don't know that is for sure, but it is interesting to contemplate.
I only mentioned it in case you were a bit heavy handed with the treats as many tend to be. I know I have to consciously monitor myself when I am feeding scratch as it is easy to become overly generous.

 

[Deltabwa]

It may be that she was a higher ranking chicken and getting more of the treats/scratch as a result or just that her metabolism was different. Is it possible a neighbour has been feeding them some bread or other treats or another family member perhaps or are they able to forage in the corn shed if you are on a farm or sometimes a few will discover other animals feed if they free range, that is lower in proteins and higher in carbs.
Breed can play a part in fat deposits too. You won't find much on a flighty bird like a leghorn but a sussex or an orp will carry more.

No, she was a middle girl, was bottom until these new chicks a few months ago. And a Buckeye, if I hadn't mentioned that before (?) As for treats, no, only I fed them, our next door neighbor is 2 miles away However, it is possible that she went to the barn, there are a few that do. The barn tho is a bit of a trek to get too and the corn is in the silo but.... hmmm... though I don't remember seeing her in there, there are only a handful that venture out to the barn since it is a trek, they are mostly my top birds... but she certainly could have and the pigs were out there in the corral and they got corn mixed with soybean meal, so maybe she went out there and got some of that?? That's a possibility I didn't consider or even remember. We had pigs from May til the end of Sept (4H pigs) so maybe...... hmmm

 

[Wyorp Rock]

You could well be right that her sedentary existence over the past month caused the fat deposits and perhaps it is a "chicken and egg" scenario (if you will excuse the pun)..... which one came first. It would be very easy for veterinarian people doing necropsies on such hens to assume that the obesity caused the salpingitis rather than that the fat deposits were actually a result of their limited activity because of the salpingitis. I don't know that is for sure, but it is interesting to contemplate.

Interesting Barbara. Something to think about.