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  1. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    Barbara that's fantastic news! It's so wonderful to hear of such a success story. Well done you; you saved her life! * claps and cheers loudly* I didn't know they still made Germolene; that's brought back some childhood memories! I hope she continues to lay an egg on many more birthdays to come
  2. Wonderwend

    Swollen guinea toe

    Sorry- only just seen your reply. I would treat her for scaly leg might then ; can do no harm. Smear the legs very well with vaseline, making sure you rub it in well. Do this for a few days . Some people dip their legs in alcohol first ( some in petrol!!!!!!) but I don't agree with that as the...
  3. Wonderwend

    Swollen guinea toe

    Circulation issue secondary to Scaly Leg mite I wonder? She may have just banged it and injured it. Is it warm? Is there a puncture underneath?
  4. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    Barbara, I was just wondering how your lovely girl is. Did she recover OK?
  5. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    Oh Sweet Basil in this case I am not happy to be proven right. So so sad. I looked at the lab report ( and did some Googling): the Eimeria causes Coccidiosis in poultry but I suspect if there was only a few then this wasn't too much of a problem for your hens. The Capillaria can cause liver...
  6. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    I'm glad to hear she seems to be doing well. It's a shame she tried to eat the bedding again. I cut out a square of lawn for mine to eat in the coop if they are confined. It's great because once they have eaten the tops I can just stomp it back into place.
  7. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    You did a fantastic job!! I thought about using steristrips but never thought of superglue! (Durr moment). Well done. you saved her life; I hope she leads a long and full one x
  8. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    Sweet Basil, thanks for the video link ; I've just watched all of them. Wished they'd have shown more abnormal pics though. I've learnt some crucial bits from it though ; Bursa exam and 'tonsils'. Examining lymphatic tissue is very diagnostic. I'm not a vet but your bird's intestines etc are...
  9. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    Out of interest what did you close the crop tissue with? I've considered doing it before now but was very concerned about the closure and healing as it is very thin tissue.
  10. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    Firstly can I say WELL DONE for attempting this. It's not easy to do this on a bird you know, but it shows how far you are willing to go to help your birds and by posting pictures here you will help many others. The liver is surprisingly large isn't it! That was a shock to me at first. I hate...
  11. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    I would argue that chickens are designed to gorge on whatever is available; that's what their crop is for! It sounds like this one had an infection of some kind if it was genuinely a nasty colour and smell. It may have come to you with a slight infection that got worse. Chickens are fickle...
  12. Wonderwend

    Just got hen from auction with massive tumor? Help

    What was the conclusion to this?
  13. Wonderwend

    Updated! - Test Your Diagnostic Skills - Warning, Contains Graphic Necropsy Photos

    The contents of the gizzard will be green/yellow in colour ; that's the bile doing its job. Not much inside a chicken's intestines smells very good. The gizzard itself gets stained yellow because of the bile. The proventricular releases some pale green enzymes. Did it look like the photo or was...
  14. Wonderwend

    Chicken testicles-Warning. Pictures of raw meat.

    More photos!! haha These are pictures from a Bantam Serama Cross.He weighed 640 grammes. His organs aren't all 'normal' but you'll see the bits you're interested in. The large bean shaped that are in the centre of the picture are his Testicles. They are situated on the spine, behind the heart...
  15. Wonderwend

    My chicken broke its foot now it's swollen.

    That's great news :)
  16. Wonderwend

    My chicken broke its foot now it's swollen.

    Aspirin is a good anti-inflammatory but it is also a strong anticoagulant so be very careful to watch out for bleeding if you do use it. I'm not sure if the benefits outweigh the risks. Personally I would splint it, but if the bird is weight-bearing on it then I'd leave it be. Keep it isolated...
  17. Wonderwend

    Just got hen from auction with massive tumor? Help

    Does she just have a pendulous crop? I can't tell from the photo exactly where it is. I have a hen with one and it dangles between her legs when it's full.
  18. Wonderwend

    Peachick Necropsy Pictures - Graphic

    It is very saddening, but of the few I have done I found comfort in knowing that my diagnostic skills for other sick ones is improved as I can equate symptoms with the disease processes going on inside. I always found dissection at school and college interesting. The way that human and animal...
  19. Wonderwend

    "Egg" hanging outside of vent and blind chicken.

    I'm sorry and somewhat please to hear that you had to put Butterball to sleep. I'm sorry for you and pleased for her. She clearly had a caring owner and you did the right thing. xx
  20. Wonderwend

    "Egg" hanging outside of vent and blind chicken.

    Has she got an impacted crop?
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