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[DwayneNLiz]

not knowing what I was looking at, or the bird, of ead a guess but the shape/size of what I was looking at made me think kidney or liver and the creamy color on the outside looked fatty

 

[DwayneNLiz]

peculiar, very peculiar

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Out of twelve eggs layed by my muscovy she has nine left.I really hope they hatch.day 17 so 18 days left.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Out of twelve eggs layed by my muscovy she has nine left.I really hope they hatch.day 17 so 18 days left.

they take 35 days? I thought the longest duck was 28

 

[casportpony]

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All comments welcome!

-Kathy

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Originally Posted by Fire Ant Farm

Late response, really hard to tell from the photo, and this might be totally off, but I wonder if that's an organized hematoma (maybe something-or-other ruptured, leading to a bleed and ultimately an infection? Just guessing). They can take on quite a bit of structure and look like "tissue" when they begin to organize if it's been a little while since the bleed. Did you find any red brown staining anywhere else? (Of course, if abdomen was full of pus, you may not have been able to see...) Still don't know a lot about chickens' innards, though...

You could be right, it does look more like it cam from blood. It was also located at the bottom of her abdominal cavity. She was pretty smelly, so I didn't do a very thorough exam and could easily have missed the source of a bleed. Have more pictures, but they aren't appropriate for this thread.

-Kathy

Sounds distinctly unpleasant... and sounds like you got as close to cause of death as you're gonna...

Quote: Thanks for the link... I don't know enough about fatty liver disease, but maybe? I'll start a thread and post the other pictures there, then maybe you and others can comment?

-Kathy
Because Paula had a huge liver full of tumor, I looked this up in the differential. I think I recall that the bird usually has other signs of obesity (Paula was very thin). That's also usually how it works in people. Was your bird fatty/obese?


She was never fat, and the liver looked almost food enough to eat. She had some fat in her abdominal cavity, but not that much.

-Kathy

Yeah, doesn't sound like it - at a minimum the liver should be light in color, enlarged, and somewhat soft/friable.

- Ant Farm

 

[Chaos18]

they take 35 days? I thought the longest duck was 28

yea 35 for the ugly ducks 28 for the cute ones

 

[DwayneNLiz]

This is where I found it:

Spoiler: Warning - Necropsy Picture

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All comments welcome! -Kathy

hmmm I want to look at this picture with way more resources available to me, maybe while at work tomorrow, lol

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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All comments welcome!

-Kathy
Eeeewwww. I don't have any other clever ideas - but again, don't know avian anatomic differences all that well.

- Ant Farm

 

[chicken hawk 33]

they take 35 days? I thought the longest duck was 28

no,muscovy s take longer than geese.between 33_37 days