Please help! Chicken probably have egg yolk peritonitis, and she doesn't eat and barely drink on her

jodiaiken1 said:

Well, I was wrong - she likely had Avian Leukosis. I lost a second chicken the next day (she had shown signs of being ill only the day before). One of my friends is a Vet that works for the NYS dept. of AG & Markets - she picked up the second chicken & sent it to the state for necropsy - she confirmed Avian Leukosis in the second chicken. It's possible ALL of my chickens were exposed from the hatchery. The disease is passed from hen to chick, then laterally from chick to chick for a very short period of time post hatching. Since they shipped at one day old, they were all potentially exposed. Time will tell. I contacted the hatchery (highly rated) but have not gotten any response. I hate to trash talk about anyone's business, but I would not recommend dealing with them. What's strange is that Avian Leukosis is present in about 18% of commercially produced eggs (supermarket eggs). Before this I had never heard of chickens with cancer. With the days getting longer, I am getting 9 eggs from 12 chickens so they seem to be pretty healthy - we've had an easy winter so far, chickens have beenable to get out far more this year.

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enola said:

The best comparison I can think of for bumble foot - would be like removing a splinter that was infected and broke off under the skin. I
Am sure millions of mothers have done this on their children......

Surgery to remove a mass caused by EYP in a chicken - would be like you operating on some one on your kitchen table to remove a cancerous growth in their abdomen.

Are you able to provide a sterile environment to do the surgery?
What type of tools are going to use?
Do you have access to anesthesia?
Have you ever sewn up muscle tissue on an animal?
Do you know what antibiotics to use after the surgery?

I am not trying to say you can't/shouldn't do the surgery, I am thinking you don't know what you are getting yourself into when you attempt this.

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