Hi all, posting about the same 5 year old Red Star chicken (my poor girl) who had an intestinal grass impaction about a month ago and lash egg two weeks ago that I treated and she was doing good since I treated her for lash egg (amox and calcium) until she became lethargic this morning out of the blue. She was slow to get out of the coop, lethargic, not pooping much (only pooped 2-3 times earlier today and they were small, liquidy and there was a yellow-y green poop stuck on her butt which she typically never gets poop stuck on her vent feathers), not eating at all which is concerning but she IS drinking a lot of probiotic water mix (her crop is mostly water and what feels like grit), her comb is drooping a little and turns purple at the tips sometimes but not consistently, her tail has been UP and she is walking a little funny like super gently and softly but does not have a super penguin-y stance.
Comparing her abdomen to the other chickens hers is more swollen but not massive like some photos of water belly I have seen, but definitely is larger than normal I would say (not enough for it to look abnormal if I took a photo) but feels squishy and not entirely solid. She also has a hard lump on her left side right next to her leg that feels significantly stiffer than the rest of her abdomen and she does not have this lump on the right side (idk if this is related but I thought I would include).
With the recent lash egg I am unsure if this is egg yolk peritonitis as I read after a lash egg they cease to lay forever however since it was only two weeks ago could it be an egg yolk was still released internally and causing this now? Or if it is water belly?
We have the tools to do a drainage on the abdomen and most likely will today (unless you think it would be unwise) and are curious based on the symptoms if this is EYP or water belly and if that affects how we proceed.
Thank you for reading, any advice would be great!
Comparing her abdomen to the other chickens hers is more swollen but not massive like some photos of water belly I have seen, but definitely is larger than normal I would say (not enough for it to look abnormal if I took a photo) but feels squishy and not entirely solid. She also has a hard lump on her left side right next to her leg that feels significantly stiffer than the rest of her abdomen and she does not have this lump on the right side (idk if this is related but I thought I would include).
With the recent lash egg I am unsure if this is egg yolk peritonitis as I read after a lash egg they cease to lay forever however since it was only two weeks ago could it be an egg yolk was still released internally and causing this now? Or if it is water belly?
We have the tools to do a drainage on the abdomen and most likely will today (unless you think it would be unwise) and are curious based on the symptoms if this is EYP or water belly and if that affects how we proceed.
Thank you for reading, any advice would be great!
