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

[Pampered Hen]

Steffanie,
I'm so very sorry you lost your Paris.

 

[Highlander]

Oh Steff I've only just seen this. I so very sorry. You did absolutely everything in your power to help her. You are to be commended for your bravery and persistence. Many

 

[jeannieo]

Oh Steff, I am so very sorry. You are a one of a kind special person, helping me with my Trixie while you were going through your own heartbreak. Trixie is still alive, but I fear not long for this world. She's sitting in a nice warm bath right now and I think she enjoys it. I felt again and now I think I feel at least one egg and maybe two. is that possible? sending you healing hugs.

 

[fldiver97]

So sorry!!!!

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Thanks, everyone, both for the condolences and the support along the way.

At some point, I will try to post the pics of the necropsy, but right now I can't even look at them. Still, I know how much it meant to me to see others' posts of their own birds. And speckledhen's thread on the hen necropsy was so invaluable!!!!! Collectively, we know a lot!

Thanks, my friends!

Steff

 

[OrpingtonManor]

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really, really hoping the best for your Trixie!

 

[vnploveschickens]

Steffie, i'm sorry you lost your Paris. She's no longer suffering now. And she knew just how much you loved her.
You take care of yourself and family.

 

[Lunachick]

I'm so sorry Orp. I was following also.......

 

[OrpingtonManor]

As a last installment to Paris' story, I am including pictures of her necropsy. If they can help anyone else understand what might be happening with their own bird, I offer them. I spoke with the vet, and she said she felt it was probably an oviduct tumor. Paris' oviduct was filled with fat from ovary to cloaca. Her ovary had very few developing follicles, and no mature follicles. Her liver had one tiny white spot on the margin, but was otherwise unremarkable. The vet said her liver would have been very abnormal if it had been the cause of the ascites. That is ruled out.

First pic is of her oviduct.

Next pic is of her ovary.

Last pic is of her liver.

Was she an internal layer? I don't know.

Did she have an infection? Yes.

Was this preventable? I don't know, but probably not.

If you are looking for answers for your own bird, I wish you the best!

 

[Kittymomma]

Thank you again for putting it all out there, painfull as I'm sure it was, so that we could all learn. Paris had the bestest mommy ever.