Abdominal masses

[My baby girls]

My chicken was very healthy until about a week ago. She was laying eggs daily and I noticed a white secretion with grass clippings clinging to her feathers under her vented area. I mixed Corid in her water and gave her an epson salt soak. She was eating and drinking water normally and then the other day she became weak I thought she might have egg bounding. I felt what I thought was an egg so I massaged her abdomen, crushed tums and mixed it with her mandarin oranges. I started the Corid again and mixed apple cider vinegar with mom’s in her water. I felt something different last night like the egg turned vertical similar to an ectopic pregnancy. I took her to the vet early this morning and they could only agree to take an x-ray to confirm if she had egg bounding. It looked like she had several large masses on the X-rays. No resemblance of an egg and nothing like what I felt. I’m terrified for my baby girl.

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC.
Did the vet recommend starting her on antibiotics or did they think it was too late to start?

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Sorry to hear about your hen, hope she gets better!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome! So sorry to hear your hen is ill!!!

 

[N F C]

Hi @My baby girls, I have moved your post to the ER/Diseases/Injuries and Cures forum. Best wishes.

 

[My baby girls]

Welcome to BYC.
Did the vet recommend starting her on antibiotics or did they think it was too late to start?

Thank you Kiki.
The vet was only able to take the X-rays because she’s considered an exotic animal. She couldn’t even give me a possible diagnosis. There wasn’t a vet anywhere that would see her. I’m waiting on the X-ray dictation. It’s unbelievable to me. I’m still giving her Corid and Apple cider vinegar Mom’s.

 

[My baby girls]

Hi @My baby girls, I have moved your post to the ER/Diseases/Injuries and Cures forum. Best wishes.

Thank you so much.

 

[Kiki]

Thank you Kiki.
The vet was only able to take the X-rays because she’s considered an exotic animal. She couldn’t even give me a possible diagnosis. There wasn’t a vet anywhere that would see her. I’m waiting on the X-ray dictation. It’s unbelievable to me. I’m still giving her Corid and Apple cider vinegar Mom’s.

I'm so sorry. I'd stop giving her both. Neither are going to help.

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like she has salpingitis, an inflammation of the oviduct, where large masses of egg product collect inside the abdomen leading to egg yolk peritonitis. Those masses are lash eggs. Eventually you will lose her, and I would recommend doing a necropsy at home to look inside at her abdominal contents. That can help you understand what was happening. At such an advanced condition, nothing will cure her, although she may live awhile. Here is some reading about lash eggs and salpingitis:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/