Has anyone ever tried flushing a hens oviduct (probably not exactly correct part of system) with chlorhexidine solution when presenting with egg peritonise? I have a chicken that seems to be egg bound but after examination doesn't have an egg in her. So next thing is egg peritonise which is caused by egg yolk in her oviduct system. If that's the case it seems proper protocol would be flush yolk out of chicken. When dealing with cows that have a retained placenta we have flush their uterus with a chlorhexidine solution to flush bacteria from rotten placenta out of uterus and prevent infection can the same concept be used for egg peritonise chicken?
Hi Welcome To BYC I'm sorry you are having trouble. Personally, I would not attempt to flush the oviduct. I am not an expert, a vet or biologist, but if I understand correctly - Egg Yolk Peritonitis is where an egg, egg yolk/egg matter has either missed when released to the Infundibulum or has traveled back up the oviduct and essentially dropped into the abdominal cavity. A hen's reproductive system is not a "closed" system like you see in cows. My thoughts is that you would risk flushing more bacteria, infection and chlorhexidine into the abdominal cavity. Hopefully others will give their input. http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/01/how-hen-makes-egg-egg-oddities.html http://www.ansci.wisc.edu/jjp1/ansci_repro/lec/lec1/female_images/images_label/chickentract4.jpg
Thank you, only have found one internet site that had pictures to go with explanation of egg per. And it still wasn't very helpful. I found another thread posted about the same time as mine with exact same symptoms so I'm going to follow that case and see if anything works out
My chicken's vet lavaged her abdominsl cavity, not oviduct, with sterile saline. Not sure how it was done, but I'm guessing needle and syringe, just like how he drained her abdomen in the first place.
