hen with swollen & hard abdomen - is it egg peritonitis? *UPDATE*

[bantymum]

Hi, was she intended to be a meat bird??

 

[Lothiriel]

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we took her to the butcher b/c she was old and she didn't lay any eggs, and we have 8 new hens.

 

[Lothiriel]

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well, not exactly.

We got her and the rest for eggs, but they had all but 2 stopped laying. she was a silver laced wyandotte, and that's a dual-purpose breed.