I've Done Everything I Can For Her... But I Think Today is Her Last Day. I Need Help Immediately!!

[FreeChicken!]

Awww...

I really hope that someday, a cure will be discovered.

 

[speckledhen]

You can drain an abdomen with a syringe and a needle, but it is only temporary relief. For the future, and if you have hatchery hens, there will be a next time, trust me, here are some threads you may want to read through that chronicle some of my experiences with these malfunctions:



https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=362422

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=195347

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...lks-update-rip-beautiful-reba/50#post_8068877

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ences-on-egg-reproduction-production-necropsy


Speaking of cures, hens are the only animals who develop spontaneous ovarian cancers like human women so they are studied in the search for a cure for ovarian cancer. Interesting, huh?

 

[FreeChicken!]

Thank you, I'll check those out!

Yes, that is interesting... let's hope a cure is eventually discovered!

 

[FlyHigher]

Hi, I've just done some google, and found this link. http://www.downthelane.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=19649
Using a syringe to remove the fluid in abdomen seems like a good treatment for this disease.
Maybe you can give it a try!

 

[FlyHigher]

In the meantime, you can give her some antibiotics to kill bacteria(esp. E. coli) in her abdomen.

btw,there's a good thread on BYC. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/565084/egg-yolk-peritonitis-prevention-or-management/100.

 

[casportpony]

In the meantime, you can give her some antibiotics to kill bacteria(esp. E. coli) in her abdomen.

btw,there's a good thread on BYC. [COLOR=0066CC]https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/565084/egg-yolk-peritonitis-prevention-or-management/100[/COLOR].

Antibiotics will only help if the bacteria are sensitive to it. I just got labs back for an E. Coli that was resistant to most drugs. Sure wish there was a way for backyarders to do cost effective sensitivity cultures.

-Kathy
Gilroy, CA

 

[FreeChicken!]

I'll try to get a syringe and hopefully she'll be okay...

 

[speckledhen]

My threads show how we did massive doses (twice the normal dose) of penicillin. That sometimes pushes back the infection so they can rally for a time, but it's chronic, and once they have it one time, they will get it again, trust me. It is a vicious cycle.

 

[Sylvestor12]

What causes egg malfunctions like that? Can it be helped?

 

[FreeChicken!]

My threads show how we did massive doses (twice the normal dose) of penicillin. That sometimes pushes back the infection so they can rally for a time, but it's chronic, and once they have it one time, they will get it again, trust me. It is a vicious cycle.

That's sad...