Culled a hen found something really weird inside - pics... not to graphic

[demerson]

Had an old leghorn gal thats been with us so long I can't really say how old she is ( was already laying when we got her) ... at least 5 years ...
So she showed signs of being egg bound we did all the stuff you're supposed to for it and it didn't help .... so today I culled her and decided to see exactly what egg bound looks like inside and maybe figure out why nothing we did helped.
I cut her open and I pulled out one giant egg .... it was like the kind you find once in a while with the weird rubbery shell only I had cut through that before I realized what it was ... the pictures are of the "yolk" that was inside that ... anyone seen this before ? I haven't but I am sort of new to chickens as far as any problems ... kind of freaked me out a little hahaha.





I cut it open and it appeared to be all one piece ..... very weird

 

[willowbranchfarm]

That's huge. Ive never seen something that big come out of a hen.

 

[suebgbr]

Wow!!! That is bizarre!

 

[casportpony]

This is what came out of my hen, it weighed 500 grams. The membrane is what used to be her uterus:

 

[willowbranchfarm]

Wow!!

 

[suebgbr]

So what is it? I am so curious (couldn't spell intreagued). Is it a cyst?

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Don't know what those are but they look more like some kind of tumor. I am new enough not to have any experience (yet) with clulling old birds. Sure would like to hear from folks that have experience on this one.

 

[casportpony]

I'm guessing that both were a form of egg yolk peritonitis. Mine was definitely an egg, maybe many that got backed up after the first one got stuck.

 

[casportpony]

Sorry for your loss, Demerson and thanks for sharing, it's how we all learn.

 

[demerson]

It was like a giant hard boiled egg yolk I cut it through the middle and it seemed to be one solid piece ....very weird