Could my chicken have Egg Yolk Peritonitis?

[Sherri1990]

Aww


thank you - totally heartbroken

I’m so sorry

 

[Eggcessive]

Very sorry for your loss of such a young pullet.

 

[MotherofChickensUK]

Thanks everyone for being so helpful and kind, it's really helped, we're just crossing our fingers the others are ok, we're keeping a close eye on them, the post mortem results will hopefully provide some information. I'll let everyone know on here when they come back.

 

[Chicalina]

So sorry to hear she didn't make it. I'm sure you did the best and kindest thing for her by letting her go.

The little floofy buggers really get into our hearts, don't they.

 

[MotherofChickensUK]

So sorry to hear she didn't make it. I'm sure you did the best and kindest thing for her by letting her go.

The little floofy buggers really get into our hearts, don't they.

They certainly do, I've read and learned so much over the last few days about them, which is good and going forward will be beneficial to our other 9 chickens

 

[MotherofChickensUK]

The bright yellow droppings look like yellow urates, which is a sign of liver failure. That can happen with egg yolk peritonitis, cancer, heart failure and liver disease. The soft puffy crop might be a sign of abdominal pressure where the crop cannot empty normally. Let us know what the vet has to say.

Hi guys, we got the initial post mortum results back for Nando, the lab says they found an infection in the air sacks (that will probably explain the soft puffy crop) and septicemia, the lab is doing a couple of extra tests and a culture, and are testing for a virus as well.

I'm a little upset, as I'm thinking they could have prescribed some anti biotics, just to see if that made any difference, I had given her the evening before a dose of penicillin (100mg) and another in the morning, and her eye had opened a little, and I had thought she was a little brighter, as she jumped out of my arms, so difficult to know and being so new to chickens. Hard process to go through, but I'd definitely try anti biotics first if this happened in the future, I've today received in the post Enrofloxin, I ordered it via Ebay, it came from Bulgaria, but arrived within 1 week.

But I have now read that few birds survive if they have Septicemia, and I guess her body was shutting down, her liver failing (the bright yellow diarrhoea) and her not walking around so much, so putting her to sleep was still the kindest decision to have made.

I've also got ready Epsom Salts, from what I have read here and on other sites, I understand not only is it good for if they are egg bound, but also for making them feel better.

I'm adding Apple Cider Vinegar to their water also now, and we've since given the coop a really good clean out, we do clean the poop out daily and add more Smite on a regular basis, along with new chippings and hay.

I will of course be extremely vigiliant with our other birds and the first signs of anything similar I will give them the Enrofloxin.

Anyway, I just wanted to share the results with you, and again Thank You for your help.

 

[Eggcessive]

You can get enrofloxacin 10% liquid from here that is good quality:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/enro/
Dosage is 0.05 ml per pound of weight given orally twice daily, or 0.25 ml for a 5 pound bird.

 

[MotherofChickensUK]

You can get enrofloxacin 10% liquid from here that is good quality:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/enro/
Dosage is 0.05 ml per pound of weight given orally twice daily, or 0.25 ml for a 5 pound bird.

Thank You, they don't seem to ship to the UK, I now have the tablet version, which is a 15mg tablet, if any of the others do get poorly, I guess I could crush this and add to water and syringe into them? Do you think that would be ok? It says for Pigeons, 15mg/kg (1kg=2.2lbs) of bird weight, 5-7 days, I guess just once a day. And for Exotic birds like parrots, eagles etc it says 10mg/kg of bird weight for 5-10 days.

 

[Eggcessive]

Most times enro is given twice a day, so you may want to divide the daily dose into two doses. @casportpony is better at dosage of some drugs, when they are in different forms.

 

[MotherofChickensUK]

Most times enro is given twice a day, so you may want to divide the daily dose into two doses. @casportpony is better at dosage of some drugs, when they are in different forms.

Thanks for your help, it's been a week since she was put to sleep, and the other 9 chickens seem well at the moment, but I'm keeping a close eye on them.