Chicken died. Need Narcropsy info in Florida

[Vickischics]

I live on the Space Coast of Florida. Appox 45 minutes ago, I found my laying 1 1/2 year old RIR Hen standing by the ac. When I picked her up, she felt like a balloon. Then, a large amount of odorless brown liquid projectiled from her beak and I swear liquid poured from her eyes.
She attempted to make noice but, it was a gurgling sound. I held her on my lap while researching on BYC. Her crop was mushy on palpation and same thick liquid poured out. Her comb tips were already purple and her body was VERY hot to touch. I gave her small chilled chunks of coconut oil. Waited 10min. Gently messages the crop and thick brown liquid contined to come out with noted grass. Then gave her a dulcolax. With 20 min. She stretched her neck gasping like something was caught in her throat. At that point, her comb was purple and she had a 10 second, gasping, stiffening, seizure like activity and died on my lap.
I held her in shock but then took her inside and swabbed her mouth.
I found grass pieces, undigested feed and grit evidence by tiny hard pebbles.
I started to feed my Big Girls Nutrenea layer pellets. Since TS was not getting their Purina layer with Omega. The have crushed Oyster shell and grit freely available.
I believe she stopped laying routinely. Someone was laying shell less eggs, or soft shell eggs for 2 weeks.
Within those two weeks,
I was making Oatmeal with Calcium and Vit D3 mixed in once a day. I found the recommendation on BYC then after a few days, everyone laid.
So..now that my girl died quickly, I'm wondering if she had more going on. Therefore, I wrapped her in a plastic bag and put her in the Freezer.
Please advice.
I am a Nurse and wouldn't mind doing the Narcropsy myself but, I've never done one before.
Hopefully, placing her into the freezer was the right thing to do so I can mail her off tomorrow.
As I Fly to the Pacific Northwest Wednesday morning.
Thank you for reading my post and getting me the info.
If you have any insight on your thoughts, please tell me.
@Wyorp Rock, @Eggcessive, @LaFleche, @cmom.

 

[DobieLover]

I live on the Space Coast of Florida. Appox 45 minutes ago, I found my laying 1 1/2 year old RIR Hen standing by the ac. When I picked her up, she felt like a balloon. Then, a large amount of odorless brown liquid projectiled from her beak and I swear liquid poured from her eyes.
She attempted to make noice but, it was a gurgling sound. I held her on my lap while researching on BYC. Her crop was mushy on palpation and same thick liquid poured out. Her comb tips were already purple and her body was VERY hot to touch. I gave her small chilled chunks of coconut oil. Waited 10min. Gently messages the crop and thick brown liquid contined to come out with noted grass. Then gave her a dulcolax. With 20 min. She stretched her neck gasping like something was caught in her throat. At that point, her comb was purple and she had a 10 second, gasping, stiffening, seizure like activity and died on my lap.
I held her in shock but then took her inside and swabbed her mouth.
I found grass pieces, undigested feed and grit evidence by tiny hard pebbles.
I started to feed my Big Girls Nutrenea layer pellets. Since TS was not getting their Purina layer with Omega. The have crushed Oyster shell and grit freely available.
I believe she stopped laying routinely. Someone was laying shell less eggs, or soft shell eggs for 2 weeks.
Within those two weeks,
I was making Oatmeal with Calcium and Vit D3 mixed in once a day. I found the recommendation on BYC then after a few days, everyone laid.
So..now that my girl died quickly, I'm wondering if she had more going on. Therefore, I wrapped her in a plastic bag and put her in the Freezer.
Please advice.
I am a Nurse and wouldn't mind doing the Narcropsy myself but, I've never done one before.
Hopefully, placing her into the freezer was the right thing to do so I can mail her off tomorrow.
As I Fly to the Pacific Northwest Wednesday morning.
Thank you for reading my post and getting me the info.
If you have any insight on your thoughts, please tell me.
@Wyorp Rock, @Eggcessive, @LaFleche, @cmom.

Put her in the refrigerator, not the freezer. Freezing her will damage her tissue.
There are several videos out there that take you step by step through the process. Here is one:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...arch?q=home+necropsy+of+a+chicken&FORM=HDRSC3

 

[Vickischics]

THANKS, ill pull her now

 

[Vickischics]

Put her in the refrigerator, not the freezer. Freezing her will damage her tissue.
There are several videos out there that take you step by step through the process. Here is one:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=home+necropsy+of+a+chicken&&view=detail&mid=6F0E0FCE0F71B0C990B36F0E0FCE0F71B0C990B3&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=/videos/search?q=home+necropsy+of+a+chicken&FORM=

 

[Kiki]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...sease-testing-state-lab-website-info.1236884/

 

[Kiki]

Do you feed treats daily?

 

[Vickischics]

@DobieLover.
Thank you so much for the informative link.
I watched it and learned tons.
Problem: I can't do the procedure to my chicken.
Based on the color of the "vent" in the slide and the Dr. Reference of the pale color, my once laying hen had the same pale color.
I palpation no eggs. After her death, she had all yellow oozing from her vent.
I did clean out the deep bedding in the coop.
I found dried nonformed dark red stool on the roost in the location where she roost.
Now, I wonder if this was the beginning of gizzard, crop problem.

Do you feed treats daily?

If I give them Purina 7 grain Scratch, the 6 of the had to share 1/4 cup 1-2 week.
Their auto door opens at 0630. The run includes their food and I added a small amount of Black oiled sunflower seeds to their 40lbs of of layer feed.
They received scrambled eggs and cooked oatmeal with the Vit D3 and Calcium x1 daily.
Then, after 3-4 of them lay, I open the gate and they free range until they return to the coop during the day to either lay or eat their pellet dinner.
Whatcha thinking?

 

[Kiki]

@DobieLover.
Thank you so much for the informative link.
I watched it and learned tons.
Problem: I can't do the procedure to my chicken.
Based on the color of the "vent" in the slide and the Dr. Reference of the pale color, my once laying hen had the same pale color.
I palpation no eggs. After her death, she had all yellow oozing from her vent.
I did clean out the deep bedding in the coop.
I found dried nonformed dark red stool on the roost in the location where she roost.
Now, I wonder if this was the beginning of gizzard, crop problem.

If I give them Purina 7 grain Scratch, the 6 of the had to share 1/4 cup 1-2 week.
Their auto door opens at 0630. The run includes their food and I added a small amount of Black oiled sunflower seeds to their 40lbs of of layer feed.
They received scrambled eggs and cooked oatmeal with the Vit D3 and Calcium x1 daily.
Then, after 3-4 of them lay, I open the gate and they free range until they return to the coop during the day to either lay or eat their pellet dinner.
Whatcha thinking?

I think you should stop feeding ALL of these extras immediately before you lose more birds.
You should only be feeding them layer pellets or crumble.

 

[Vickischics]

Sounds good to me!!!
I have NO problem with doing that.
Layer feed and Free range after majority lay. They always have free grit and crush oyster shell.
Thank you!
Any more recommendations or thoughts are always welcomed here.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry about your hen.

Of course without necropsy, it would be hard to know exactly what happened, but the symptoms you describe with the crop having a lot of fluid along with grass, etc. coming back up...she did have crop symptoms.
Now...the cause of the symptoms would be another question to answer - reproductive would be my "guess". Every hen that I've ever treated for or that has had a crop symptom also had a reproductive problem. These seem to go hand in hand.

Could it have been a blockage in the gizzard? Sure, that's a possibility as well.

Hopefully you will be able to get more information from the necropsy, here's info from your state lab. Let us know what you find out when you get the results.

https://www.fdacs.gov/Consumer-Resources/Animals/Bronson-Animal-Disease-Diagnostic-Laboratory-BADDL