Any thoughts welcome..

[sdaikus]

the soonest apt I can get with a vet is two weeks away. She still isn't eating... nothing... pecking at the air and the only water she gets is the water I syringe her.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

looks like a lash egg stuck
@casportpony maybe?

 

[sdaikus]

can this be possible that she is living off of water I syringe her and no food for 10 days now!!! and shes still walking around, coming in and out of her coop as she wants and making noise here and there.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

can this be possible that she is living off of water I syringe her and no food for 10 days now!!! and shes still walking around, coming in and out of her coop as she wants and making noise here and there.

is she pooping?

lash eggs are caused is actually salpingitis which is an inflammation of the oviduct where the egg begins its travels. The lash egg is not a true egg but may contain bits of egg material and a lot of pus and other material. They are rather disgusting and odd to see.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

have you checked her weight? how does she feel at her keel?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/134/salpingitis/

Introduction

Salpingitis is an inflammation of the oviduct. It is a complex condition of chickens and ducks associated with various infections including Mycoplasma and bacteria (especially E. coli and occasionally Salmonella spp.). Infection may spread downwards from an infected left abdominal air sac, or may proceed upwards from the cloaca. The oviduct is a hollow tube joining the normally sterile environment of the body cavity with the cloaca, which normally has many millions of potentially pathogenic bacteria. The control of infection in this area is probably achieved by ciliated epithelium that mostly wafts a carpet of mucus towards the cloaca. Anything that damages the epithelium or disturbs normal oviduct motility is likely to increase the likelihood of salpingitis. Systemic viral infections that cause ovarian regression or damage to the oviduct or cloaca, are especially prone to increasing salpingitis.

Signs

• Sporadic loss of lay.
• Death.
• Damaged vents, leaking urates.
• Distended abdomen.
• Some birds may 'lay' a caseous mass of pus (which may be found in a nest or on the egg belt).

Post-mortem lesions

• Slight to marked distension of oviduct with exudate.
• May form a multi-layered caseous cast in oviduct or be amorphous.
• Peritonitis.

Diagnosis

Use the signs to select birds for culling and post-mortem investigation.
Lesions.
Bacteriology of oviduct.


Treatment

Birds with well-developed lesions are unlikely to respond to medication. Use of a suitable antimicrobial may be beneficial for birds in the early stages and if associated with efforts to minimise risk factors.


Prevention

Control any septicaemia earlier in life, use healthy parent flocks, immunise effectively against respiratory viral pathogens common in the area.

 

[sdaikus]

if it is a "lash egg" how to I fix it for her? I have not weighed her but I can feel her breast bone very well and it is very pointed. @DwayneNLiz

 

[casportpony]

If she's thin she needs proper supportive care, as in tubing fluids, then tubing food. You cannot get the proper amount of fluids into her with a syringe. Get a 60 ml syringe, a tube, and I'll teach you how to tube.

-Kathy

 

[DwayneNLiz]

if it is a "lash egg" how to I fix it for her? I have not weighed her but I can feel her breast bone very well and it is very pointed. @DwayneNLiz

i hate to say it but i wouldnt get my hopes up, once they get that skinny its hard to bring them back, and salpingitis can really only be fought if caught early on

you *could* try epsom salt baths, keep her warm 80-85* and isolated,

 

[DwayneNLiz]

If she's thin she needs proper supportive care, as in tubing fluids, then tubing food. You cannot get the proper amount of fluids into her with a syringe. Get a 60 ml syringe, a tube, and I'll teach you how to tube.

-Kathy