Dead Chicken what was it? Waterbelly? video included

[RobotJINI]

Hello all,

I had a chicken die yesterday, her belly was bloated I figured it was just just an egg. When I cut her open all of her flesh fell out as yellow goop. This is only the 10th chicken I've butchered so I'm looking for some help diagnosing the problem and perhaps preventing it in the future. More is explained in the video, WARNING its graphic.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YgKIiRLIoIkmKhX_Pe886ti8LzykoHUd/view?usp=sharing

 

[RobotJINI]

Duplicate thread please ignore didn't realize it posted when I logged in.

 

[WonkierZulu]

Duplicate thread please ignore didn't realize it posted when I logged in.

I think waterbelly. Going through a similar hen situation.

 

[micstrachan]

Holy crap. That is quite a video. Where is the other thread? I have no idea... muscle cooked due to long-term fever???

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Here's the other thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dead-chicken-water-belly-video-included.1458565/
Agree with the consensus on the other thread- reproductive issues. That's what's called "caseous exudes" in the abdomen. It's not rotting flesh or her meat. What you are cutting into is "layers" of pus wrapped around whatever originally dropped into the abdomen. (chicken pus is a semi-hard cheese like material)
With internal laying a yolk can reverse up the oviduct and drop into the abdomen. If not absorbed, then the body starts to "wrap" layers around the offending yolk. Salpingitis and Peritonitis can look the similar. As time goes by, those masses of exude fill the abdomen and press against organs, slowing digestion, creating inflammation, etc. Sadly there is nothing that can be done to make a hen "better" with these conditions - frankly, it's a matter of time. Not trying to offend anyone, but that's just the reality of hens with reproductive issues, they eventually die no matter what we do.

 

[micstrachan]

Oh goodness. I didn’t realize the muscle would also atrophy so badly with all that caseous exudate.