16-mo old BO hen internal layer? update: Paris necropsy pics (graphic)

[LilBizzy]

Aw CRUD!!

I saw the new post, and was afraid to look.

I am so, so Sorry!

Don't worry about posting pics. I think you gave people a LOT of info. It was brave enough to post all you have gone through.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Bizzy, I decided to try to cut her open because it doesn't make sense to have her die, and not really learn anything from it. It was tough not cutting myself since I'm crying while I'm cutting and it's hard to see. I needed to take a break, and come here to figure out what to do next.

I'm here trying to find necropsy/anatomy pics, because I don't really know what I'm looking at. It doesnt' look like speckledhen's pics of her internal layers. Maybe I need to cut into some of the things I am seeing.

ETA - I found speckledhen's thread with the necropsy videos. I am watching them to see what to do next.

 

[LilBizzy]

Oh, my ! You are so brave!!! You are my new Hero!!

 

[ranchhand]

Steffanie, my heart aches for you and Paris. (and DSO-T)

I know you are devastated, but know that you did more than most could, or even would, and Paris died like she lived- knowing she was much loved.
I am so sorry, lots of hugs and strong thoughts to you.

Find a rosebush, one that has the prettiest yellow-gold roses - and bury her with honor and love underneath it. Every year she will bloom anew for you.

Strength and peace, friend.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Thanks Ranchie.

I had better find a bush the deer won't eat. They love roses. I wonder if there are any blueberry bushes that deer don't eat. It would be weirdly appropriate.

 

[Cypress Hen House]

Oh Steff,

I am so, so sorry!

It must be even harder, with all that you went through to try to save her.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Thanks, Ann. I was really upset, but now am trying to figure out what really happened to her. If I can know for sure, then maybe I can prevent or treat this differently if I see it in another hen.

I took pics of the necropsy I did. Now, I am going to go bury her. It's finally time for her to rest. Oh crumb! Now I'm really upset again.

 

[speckledhen]

I know this feeling, been where you are too many times lately. So sorry you lost her. She was very well loved.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Boy, this is a rough day.

Cyn, she didn't look like the pics you had posted when the oviduct was a hardened mass. She had almost no developing yolks, but tons of fatty material in her oviduct. There's no way anything could have gotten through there, but nothing was developing anyway. (Maybe because of the molt.) Her liver looked good. There was a tiny, tiny spot on one lobe of it. I will ask the vet later. I'm pretty puzzled. As for the oviduct, was it just normal fat, or was it a fatty tumor? I probably should have sent her off for an official necropsy, but right now, I'm just wanting her buried.

ETA -- she is buried. rest in peace.

 

[chickygirl2]

I have following this post for a long while now....
You did everything you could to help her- way more than most would have done. I am sure you know that, but sometimes we need to be reminded. I am so sorry for both you and Paris that it has ended this way. You both are in my thoughts and prayers.....
Patty