My hen, Chicken Jane, has a poopy butt and is swollen. She has probably been this way for around a week. I thought her belly felt warm when I picked her up but read that chickens have high body temps and figured it I was only noticing it because she has some feather loss and thought the feather loss/poopy butt was probably due to lice. I finally got the time to bathe her today. I'm pretty sure she does have lice, which is no big deal. I bought some poultry dust yesterday.
But once I could get a good look at her, I realized she was pretty red and swollen.
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She is eating normally She is pooping normally, I think. She doesn't seem lethargic and she's moving around, though her gait is wider than the other Comet.
Here are the pics:
I trimmed the feathers on her rear. I think these are lice eggs.
Here is her swollen belly:
Here is her swollen bum:
So I need to put her in a warm bath and massage her belly with downward strokes? What else should I do?
But once I could get a good look at her, I realized she was pretty red and swollen.
She is eating normally She is pooping normally, I think. She doesn't seem lethargic and she's moving around, though her gait is wider than the other Comet.
Here are the pics:
I trimmed the feathers on her rear. I think these are lice eggs.
Here is her swollen belly:
Here is her swollen bum:
So I need to put her in a warm bath and massage her belly with downward strokes? What else should I do?
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