egg yolk peritonitis

  1. H

    "Egg yolk peritonitis" and 'Hysterectomy' - Decision Points

    Hi all A member of another forum (PigeonBiz) recommended I come here and ask my question that I have in relation to Egg Yolk Peritonitis and surgery as many chicken guardians have experienced this perhaps more commonly than pigeon botherers. I hope my post is acceptable, I will scour previous...
  2. Apags18

    Is this Egg Yolk Peritonitis? *GRAPHIC PICTURES ATTACHED*

    Hi everyone! We recently lost one of our sweet 3.5 year old RIR hens, Redrum. I’ve been dealing with health issues with her for an awhile now. She’d seem to get better then she would hide in the corner of a room and puff up and not move . She hasn’t laid eggs in a long time and also laid a...
  3. B

    Lethargic pullet around laying age

    Hi all, new chicken owner! We have a flock of 10, 2 laying hens and 8 that are around 20 weeks old. One of the laying hens, Lucy, has suddenly stopped laying eggs but still sits in the nesting box everyday, sometimes going back multiple times but its been about 4 days since she's laid, but...
  4. S

    Chicken not standing - possible internal lay?

    Hi, I have a hen (around 3-4 years old, not sure what breed, but a standard brown egg layer (shes not mine - im housesitting and taking care of their chickens), who hasn't been able to stand up. Behaviour wise, she's still relatively vocal and has been drinking and eaeating. I discovered her...
  5. RiceHolisticGarden

    Penguining, Swollen Belly, White Bumps??

    Hello BYC, Our 3 year old hen Lagniappe was discovered this morning to be penguining. At first we thought she was egg bound so we soaked her in an epsom salt bath and gave her 400mg of calcium, but upon further inspection we discovered that her featherless belly was swollen, distended, and...
  6. S

    Egg Yolk Peritonitis?

    I have an almost 5 year old hen with vent fleet and bumble foot. She constantly has gurgly sounds coming from her belly. I don’t think she’s laid an egg in four months or more. At night she pants (it’s like 60 degrees) and blinks super slowly (maybe she’s just tired) like she’s dying, but in the...
  7. C

    Chicken necropsy ((GRAPHIC VIDEO!!!!!))!!! WARNING ⚠️ after feedback

    Hoping someone with more experience than I do can tell what is going on here? From my untrained and inexperienced eye I suspect EYP (egg yolk peritonitis). I found her kidneys (I think those are her kidneys…?) water like and very pale. ((VERY VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO of chicken necropsy!!!)) ⚠️
  8. 1

    Relieving Ascites/EYP/Other Abdominal Swelling Symptoms

    Hello! I have a hen who starting displaying symptoms of some sort of internal buildup a while ago. At first I thought it was ascites, but after three attempts to drain fluid coming up empty I believe it may be something like egg yolk peritonitis. Either way, I've decided to stop trying to drain...
  9. J

    EYP or something else?!

    Have a hen who started sitting in nest box two days over the last week with no egg. I assumed possible moulting as she has new pin feathers growing on her abdomen. 2 mornings ago I saw egg content under roost and this hen did not act her normal self, very slow, lethargic. Brought her in, soaked...
  10. C

    egg yolk peritonitis, ascites or something else?

    I got a smaller hen, not bantam but between the size of regular hen and bantam. She hasn’t laid since last December or so. No lash egg. No egg at all. She goes into the best box and pretends to lay but nothing. I thought it was just her age(they said she had been at the place where I got her for...
  11. J

    Sick chicken- please help!

    I have a barred rock who has been sick going on 4 days now. She has been laying down and won’t walk very often. She is eating and drinking (although not as much), and is having light green poops. Her comb is bright red. She has been on a break from laying. We are in Texas and it was very hot so...
  12. Sarahh_Janeyy

    Vet willing to admin hormone implant

    I know this is controversial. Deslorelin (Suprelorin) is an implant used in ferrets to stop ovulation. It's been used in avian (including chickens) off label to do the same, which helps in various reproductive system related ailments. We have in the past lost a chicken due to egg yolk...
  13. G

    EYP hen (pictures) (please help!)

    This is her belly. It’s only swollen in her rear area (the noticable swelling starts in the space right between her keel and vent) It isn’t red. It is firm but not completely hard. The vet said it’s not fluid, so it’s not ascites. Her comb is bright red and her crop empties like normal. I saw...
  14. Chickenmother26

    Polish lethargic & pooping watery yellow/green

    Hello, thank you for reading! My polish chicken Jolene, about 2 years old, was standing with her tail down and acting lethargic so I brought her inside. Thought she just needed a haircut, but it didn’t help. Inside I noticed she was pooping watery/mucousy textured diarrhea, yellow/faintly...
  15. sparklez

    Is this water belly? Strange bald swollen abdomen and crop in young hen

    I have a 10 month old hen who as far as I can tell is acting normal and comfortable (tail up, color in comb, eating, walking, trotting with the flock when let to free range) over the last 5 or so days I noticed poop building up on her so today after she free ranged for almost 3 hours I soaked...
  16. AC56

    Boiled yolk like mass inside dead hen

    Hi all, I have noticed one of hens being unwell. Assumed egg bound. Made bath for her etc. But her belly was massive like a ball, she was panting and walking like duck. We gave another two days, but decided to put out of misery. Only two options in Internet are water belly or egg bound. None of...
  17. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Recurring Egg Yok Peritonitis (EYP) - Options? Advice?

    Hi, Everyone. My EE, Easter, is a little over 4 y/o and has, this past month, been struggling with recurring cases of EYP which thus far has been treatable. She's been an odd case all her life. Here's a snapshot of her history. Easter is pint-sized with an unstoppable will to survive. She's the...
  18. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Help! EYP and water ballon crop - oral antibiotics?

    My chicken developed EYP, and I've been treating her with baytril 10 (oral). However, at the onset of EYP her crop swelled up and stopped emptying. It isn't sour crop (yet) as there's no smell, but she's drinking lots of water and it--along with the meds--seem to just be sitting in her crop...
  19. C

    Deslorin hormonal implant treatment for internal layer?

    My older Buff Orpington is internally laying. This happened last summer and resolved itself over the darker winter months. It’s now happening again and much worse than before. Her abdomen is very swollen. My local vet did an ultrasound and identified round yolk-like shapes. She recommended I...
  20. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Suspected Internal Laying: Worth Antibiotics?

    My 4 y/o GLW started exhibiting signs of internal laying--namely going to her nesting box, acting like she's laying, yet with no egg produced. She's done this two days in a row (and previously had been laying regularly). In my experience, this is a red flag/telltale sign of internal laying...
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