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post #21 of 31
7/5/11 at 2:00pm

what a pritty girl  big_smile If you did that to a silkie would it still go broody even if she never made a clutch ?

This was my 2010 flock :  3 Silkies, 2 Japenease bantams,2 Black sex link hens , 1 Hamburg Hen , 1 White  cochin Hen , 1 Japenease bantam chick ,  1 Red Silkie chick,1 Dark grey Silkie chick,  japxserights   2011  flock : 2 Rabbits  2 polish 3 Silkie chicks 2 d'Uccle  1 is a cross and the other isnt
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This was my 2010 flock :  3 Silkies, 2 Japenease bantams,2 Black sex link hens , 1 Hamburg Hen , 1 White  cochin Hen , 1 Japenease bantam chick ,  1 Red Silkie chick,1 Dark grey Silkie chick,  japxserights   2011  flock : 2 Rabbits  2 polish 3 Silkie chicks 2 d'Uccle  1 is a cross and the other isnt
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post #22 of 31
7/7/11 at 10:11am

I'm thinking my EE hen, Myrtle, may be a false/internal layer, and have been thinking about whether a hysterectomy would be an option. If you don't mind my asking, how much did it cost?  Thanks. smile

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Proud mother to a wonderful Min Pin/Pomeranian mix, 3 cats, 1 hermit crab, & numerous fish.... and finally! Chickens! 1 Black Australorp, 1 Barred Plymouth Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 1 Speckled Sussex, and an Easter Egger. Added 2011- An Easter Egger Roo, and a Buff Orpington. Newly added 2012- 1 Black Copper Maran, 1 Golden laced Wyandotte, 1 Deleware, and 3 Easter Eggers. 

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post #23 of 31
7/8/11 at 11:26am
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Moxie,
Hi.  Sorry to hear about Myrtle. The surgery was $350.  I wish you the best.

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I'm not sure about the 'going broody' part.  Wendy did still have the urge to go on the nest to lay.  None of my chickens have ever gone broody at all to begin with, so I don't really know what would happen as far as that goes.

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post #24 of 31
7/8/11 at 11:59am

Wow, that's a lot of money! I mean, I guess you can't put a price on a beloved pet. I guess I just didn't even know this was possible or that people went to these lengths. I'm happy to hear your girl is doing well. She sure is pretty.

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post #25 of 31
8/17/11 at 9:13am

Reviving this thread to ask if anyone else has had luck with having a hysterectomy performed on their internal layers? I've been told they cannot survive the surgery - apparently that is not 100% true. Any other input?

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Caught chicken fever in 2009. Currently have a flock of four:  an EE, a Belgian Mille Fleur d'Uccle, a Silkie, and a Black Copper Marans.

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Caught chicken fever in 2009. Currently have a flock of four:  an EE, a Belgian Mille Fleur d'Uccle, a Silkie, and a Black Copper Marans.

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post #26 of 31
8/17/11 at 5:58pm

I would think that a chicken would survive the actual surgery, but maybe not due to other factors, post op infection, health of chicken, amount of internal damage, and what's actually causing the internal laying.

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post #27 of 31
8/18/11 at 3:36am

My vet says that chickens - as well as rabbits - have what she calls a "kill switch" that, as prey animals, allows them to opt out if they believe death is imminent. And that a surgery that invasive represents imminent death to them so they flip the switch.

I don't know if it's true or not although the vet would seem to know a thing or two. At any rate, she claims that she's never had a bird survive the procedure.

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Caught chicken fever in 2009. Currently have a flock of four:  an EE, a Belgian Mille Fleur d'Uccle, a Silkie, and a Black Copper Marans.

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Caught chicken fever in 2009. Currently have a flock of four:  an EE, a Belgian Mille Fleur d'Uccle, a Silkie, and a Black Copper Marans.

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post #28 of 31
4/24/12 at 7:28pm

Thanks so much for letting us know little hens CAN survive that surgery.  My little Sebright,Missy, has to have it done.  She is getting egg bound to the point that she'll die if I don't do something.  Believe it or not folks, I've already spent $700 on her, $350 is sounding pretty good if it'll save her life.  She's my friend, what more can I say...

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post #29 of 31
4/25/12 at 5:11am

I wonder if Wendy Chicken will get into a hysterectomy induced menopause. Have you seen her fanning herself yet to abate a hotflash?

 

Please give a hug to Wendy from my, one hystersister to another!   Glad that she's doing ok!

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16 hens own me.  3 Black Australorps, 3 Dominiques, 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes, 3 Welsummers, 3 golden comets, 1 New Hampshire Red and 1 Ameraucana. 

Chicken Math in action -- sell three, buy seven -- build another coop - harvest two, order 12. New chicks arriving in May 2013! 6 Ameraucana's and 6 Anconas.

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post #30 of 31
4/25/12 at 5:18am

If that is the case, hysterectomy in chickens would be very popular, particuarly those who were from hatcheries.

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