Need help diagnosing

[Alipete21]

9 month old buff Orpington. Been laying since end of October. I checked to make sure everyone was in coop last night. Everyone was there no problems.
This morning as I went out to feed them the fermented feed (have access to dry feed all the time) she was laying in the run and barely able to get up. Under her vent is really swollen and red. And she’s very unstable to walk. Immediately brought her inside and soaked her in epson salt bath.
Doesn’t seem like gleet no discharge
Doesn’t feel like bound egg but maybe
Doesn’t seem like a prolapse. Nothing coming out of vent.

Is this water belly perhaps?

 

[Alipete21]

Stuck finger up to check for egg, couldn’t feel one this came out

 

[MysteryChicken]

Does her belly feel like a water balloon? If so, she probably has water Belly(Ascites), which is chronic.

 

[Alipete21]

Does her belly feel like a water balloon? If so, she probably has water Belly(Ascites), which is chronic.

Like a very heavy one maybe.

 

[Alipete21]

Like a very heavy one maybe.

It isn’t firm

 

[MysteryChicken]

It isn’t firm

Do you feel like what maybe organs in the bulge? Since it's not firm. Could be a hernia.

 

[Alipete21]

I don’t think so. No vets that treat chickens in the area either.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I don’t think so. No vets that treat chickens in the area either.

It's possible it could be water belly, maybe caught early.

Most of us are in the same situations. Though not all vets actually know how to treat/care for a chicken.

 

[Alipete21]

It's possible it could be water belly, maybe caught early.

Most of us are in the same situations. Though not all vets actually know how to treat/care for a chicken.

I was thinking that. What is the treatment for this that I’d be able to do? Or is it too much and better to dispatch

 

[Alipete21]

I was thinking that. What is the treatment for this that I’d be able to do? Or is it too much and better to dispatch

Everything I’ve researched says aged layers. She’s only 9 months