What’s going on here?

[clairhoffman]

 

[clairhoffman]

my research is telling me water belly and there’s no cure?

 

[ChickenChick46]

You may be able to get more targeted help if you add some more information. How old is your bird? What are the symptoms she's having, and how long have they been going on? What do her poops look like? Is she eating and drinking normally and is she active as usual or lethargic? What is her regular diet like? These are good places to start.

 

[clairhoffman]

You may be able to get more targeted help if you add some more information. How old is your bird? What are the symptoms she's having, and how long have they been going on? What do her poops look like? Is she eating and drinking normally and is she active as usual or lethargic? What is her regular diet like? These are good places to start.

2 years old and acting normal aside from the diarrhea type poop on her feathers, missing feathers on her bottom and swollen abdomen. Acting normal and would not stand out from the flock aside from her appearance.

 

[ChickenChick46]

2 years old and acting normal aside from the diarrhea type poop on her feathers, missing feathers on her bottom and swollen abdomen. Acting normal and would not stand out from the flock aside from her appearance.

Is she still laying eggs, and do you know when she last laid one if so?

 

[clairhoffman]

Is she still laying eggs, and do you know when she last laid one if so?

I don’t know for sure. We have a flock of 16 with 12 of them laying brown eggs lol!

 

[ChickenChick46]

I don’t know for sure. We have a flock of 16 with 12 of them laying brown eggs lol!

Yeah that makes it very difficult, I'm sure. Have you felt around her belly to see if she feels like she could be egg bound?

 

[clairhoffman]

Yeah that makes it very difficult, I'm sure. Have you felt around her belly to see if she feels like she could be egg bound

I haven’t. I just noticed this today and our chickens aren’t the friendliest so they can be difficult to catch. I will feel around tomorrow as an egg bound chicken just feel like a hard belly?

 

[Eggcessive]

It might be good to watch to see if she is laying or going into the nest box, and to get a picture of her usual droppings. Chickens can have messy vents. In hot weather flies may lay maggot larvae on them, so you may want to clean up her vent with warm soapy water. I would also check her crop in early morning before she eats to see if it empties.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

If a chicken is hard to catch during the day, it can be helpful to check on her at night while she's on the roost. Either in the evrning or else very early morning will work. I think every chicken tender should have a head lamp, with an optional red light setting, which does not disturb the chickens much and leaves your hands free.