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Alright. Bear with me, this was spur of the moment and I have limited experience with bird anatomy. Definitely not a proper necropsy.
I did the best I could with the fading light!
So yea. Don’t laugh at my stupid questions. I’ve researched a decent amount but can’t really find chick necropsy guides/photos (did find one on byc that @casportpony did a while back).
I did the best I could with the fading light!
Ginger said he found her face down exactly where I had left her this afternoon. Her legs were stretched out behind her.
She was so tiny I couldn’t get down to her lungs. I could’ve ripped everything out, I just didn’t feel like it. I highly doubt I would have found telltale signs of respiratory disease on a day old chick anyway.
Cut from throat to umbilical. Accidentally cut into the abdomen a little, ignore that. The crop (left of trachea and windpipe) was totally empty, no food or shavings.
Note the dark veins coming from the umbilical. Normal or yolk infection?
Cut up from the accidental slice to the left of her breastbone. Her bones were so soft, I could just bend them back..
Her liver looks fine to me. Her intestine is pulled out a little, and I cannot figure out what the greeny tinted organ is to the right of her intestines.
Freed everything out of the membrane. Heart had no clots or anything, looks okay. Maybe a little pale?
Spleen and liver below heart are fine, I think. Liver didn’t look yellow.
Intestines looked totally normal, except for that white membrane/string toward the top. I’m not sure what that is.
Still don’t know what the greenish organ is to the right of intestines. It was very firm, not sac-like at all, I didn’t think to cut it open.
Better view of white string membrane. Is that the empty stomach or some sort of intestinal/Cecil pouch? I couldn’t find any stomach, not sure what to look for.
Greenish large firm organ still to the right of intestines. Gizzard? I don’t even know. Looked through tons of necropsy photos and gizzard is the closest looking thing but doesn’t sound right at all?
She was so tiny I couldn’t get down to her lungs. I could’ve ripped everything out, I just didn’t feel like it. I highly doubt I would have found telltale signs of respiratory disease on a day old chick anyway.
Cut from throat to umbilical. Accidentally cut into the abdomen a little, ignore that. The crop (left of trachea and windpipe) was totally empty, no food or shavings.
Note the dark veins coming from the umbilical. Normal or yolk infection?
Cut up from the accidental slice to the left of her breastbone. Her bones were so soft, I could just bend them back..
Her liver looks fine to me. Her intestine is pulled out a little, and I cannot figure out what the greeny tinted organ is to the right of her intestines.
Freed everything out of the membrane. Heart had no clots or anything, looks okay. Maybe a little pale?
Spleen and liver below heart are fine, I think. Liver didn’t look yellow.
Intestines looked totally normal, except for that white membrane/string toward the top. I’m not sure what that is.
Still don’t know what the greenish organ is to the right of intestines. It was very firm, not sac-like at all, I didn’t think to cut it open.
Better view of white string membrane. Is that the empty stomach or some sort of intestinal/Cecil pouch? I couldn’t find any stomach, not sure what to look for.
Greenish large firm organ still to the right of intestines. Gizzard? I don’t even know. Looked through tons of necropsy photos and gizzard is the closest looking thing but doesn’t sound right at all?
So yea. Don’t laugh at my stupid questions. I’ve researched a decent amount but can’t really find chick necropsy guides/photos (did find one on byc that @casportpony did a while back).
I think she just wasn't meant to be.
We were told Cayugas were quiet!
I'm doing an unofficial survey on the loudest duck breeds.
