Emaciated, not eating or drinking

[CatWhisperer]

With Wednesday being Christmas I’m afraid she would warm up before a necropsy is performed.

 

[Eggcessive]

If she is delivered to the poultry lab by Monday morning or shipped overnight on Monday by Fedex or UPS, the body may be perfectly fine. Most labs will be closed on Wed the 25th, but open on the 26th. Keep her in a cooler with ice on the bottom. The lab should be able to tell you that on Monday am, and they can usually email a shipping label for the overnight shipping. Delivering the body would be the quickest thing, so they could do it on Monday or early Tues.
If that isn’t possible, you could do your own necropsy at home to look at her organs, take pictures, and post them here. Sometimes that will get a clue to what happened.

We like to help people find out what happened. If can’t do either, then bury her or dispose of her body. We all understand all the hard work involved in getting a necropsy. I have had hens die during a blizzard or when company was coming, and I had to forgo the necropsy. Whatever you decide to do is fine.

 

[casportpony]

I am very sorry for your loss.

 

[Eggcessive]

If you should do your own necropsy at home, this video is good to show the organs labeled:

When looking for Mareks disease, sometimes the vagus nerves in the legs are enlarged or discolored—see pics below. There also may be small spots or tumors on organs.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Thank everybody for your help. She died last night.

So sorry for your loss. You did everything you could

 

[Wyorp Rock]

 

[CatWhisperer]

I could do a gross necropsy but would miss subtle changes and couldn’t do histopathology. I have another Onagadori pullet in the house with the same condition. At least this one weighs twice as much. Not eating or drinking, yellowish white liquid stools, lethargy. This is really sucking.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I could do a gross necropsy but would miss subtle changes and couldn’t do histopathology. I have another Onagadori pullet in the house with the same condition. At least this one weighs twice as much. Not eating or drinking, yellowish white liquid stools, lethargy. This is really sucking.

You could always post the pictures here of the necropsy. We might be able to figure out what is wrong.

 

[aart]

couldn’t do histopathology.

Yes, especially this.

 

[twendt]

So sorry...