Egg yolk peritonitis?

[PlentifulPrairie]

Hi,
I unfortunately had one of hens pass away last night. :-/ She just turned 3 and was a barred rock. She has been very active and eating, she had a droopy butt. She looked like she had a full diaper. I inspected her and she seemed normal just a droopy butt. I gave her an Epsom bath (last weekend) to see if maybe she had something going on even though she was acting normal. She has had a few cases of egg bound in the past.

Anyway last night when checking them before the coop closed up for the night I found her on the floor of the coop gurgling and gasping for air. Her comb and face was turning purple. I quickly inspected her and didn't see anything wrapped around her tongue, I gently massaged her crop thinking maybe she had something stuck, nothing helped and things quickly went south fast. I removed her from the inside of the coop to the outside so I could see her better during all this. She passed away. She also was drooling yellow liquid.

This morning I went out to check on the girls and give them breakfast. I noticed in the area my hen was standing last night there was a ton of egg yolk and a undeveloped shell. I'm assuming it's from her and I just didn't notice in the panic of trying to help her breathe.

I'm certain it wasn't sour crop -- I've experienced and healed this once.

Do you think it was Egg yolk peritonitis? Does this cause chickens to essentially choke?

I feel bad for her passing.
She will be missed.
Rip laney lou.

Thanks everyone. Also please don't scold me, I don't think lightly about any of this.

 

[samanthaoverton]

I'm sorry, this is not your fault. Barred rocks are good layers and good layers have this problem sometimes..even when we do our best..

 

[PlentifulPrairie]

I'm sorry, this is not your fault. Barred rocks are good layers and good layers have this problem sometimes..even when we do our best..

Thank you.

 

[Eggcessive]

She had some sort of reproductive disorder with the broken egg. Could she have been egg bound for awhile? If you still have her body, and could do a home necropsy to open the abdomen and look at her organs that might help. Look for yellow liquid when you open the abdomen, which is a sign of ascites. Take pictures of organs and post them here. Sorry for your loss.

 

[PlentifulPrairie]

She had some sort of reproductive disorder with the broken egg. Could she have been egg bound for awhile? If you still have her body, and could do a home necropsy to open the abdomen and look at her organs that might help. Look for yellow liquid when you open the abdomen, which is a sign of ascites. Take pictures of organs and post them here. Sorry for your loss.

I may do that, I am a little hesitant since I don't have any experience with that. I have processed chickens just never anything of that sort. I still have her body, I plan on burying her, but our ground is very frozen still.