My New Hampshire Red has not made it. She seemed to be doing better but after I put her back with the flock they attacked her and the only thing she wanted to do in the end was to crawl in a corner, not eating or drinking.
Today I decided this was no life for her and the humane thing would be to end her misery, so I put her down.
I was curious as to if I could determine anything from a DIY necropsy, so I cut her open and I found a growth the size and shape of a good sized avocado inside her near her vent. There was also a lot of fluid inside her. The growth was not attached to anything and just slid out when I opened her up. It was kind of squishy and the consistency was of a boiled egg. No liquid eggwhite or obvious yolks.
I have no clue what this is, is this what an internal egglayer looks like inside? Or would this be a tumor? I think this thing probably pushed on her sciatica and that’s why she limped.
I think she may never have layed an egg, she was 10 months old. RIP Pocahontas.
Today I decided this was no life for her and the humane thing would be to end her misery, so I put her down.
I was curious as to if I could determine anything from a DIY necropsy, so I cut her open and I found a growth the size and shape of a good sized avocado inside her near her vent. There was also a lot of fluid inside her. The growth was not attached to anything and just slid out when I opened her up. It was kind of squishy and the consistency was of a boiled egg. No liquid eggwhite or obvious yolks.
I have no clue what this is, is this what an internal egglayer looks like inside? Or would this be a tumor? I think this thing probably pushed on her sciatica and that’s why she limped.
I think she may never have layed an egg, she was 10 months old. RIP Pocahontas.
