OakRidgeChickens
Hatching
- Jul 25, 2018
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Hi everyone, new to the forum. Need some help interpreting a necropsy
Had a hen die today, this is the 3rd we've lost in a few months, so I finally decided to open this one up and take a look. The first died similarly to this one- got sick, lethargic, stopped eating, and died in a day or so. Year old wilkie, rarely laid eggs. The second one looked a bit sick, then had a prolapsed vent and passed shortly after we attempted to re-insert the vent after cleaning it up. This third one lost use of her legs, and couldnt move around. She pretty much stopped eating unless enticed, but seemed otherwise alert and healthy. She was just over 1.5 years old, and a very small hen - we were told shes a Mille Fleur when we got her.
Would really like to hear everyone's opinion...I'm chalking this one up to internal laying. What I saw that was concerning -
1. The ovary seemed to lack a liner, there were just small pinhead size "cysts" everywhere where the ovary should be (pictured).
2. Found what appears to be a leather-ish egg casing (pictured below with the gizzard) inside her abdomen cavity, this was loose and sitting tucked in with her other organs. I'm guessing this was the cause of her death. She never laid, but one egg in her life. She had dropped a "lash egg" once before as well, and I know it was her because it happened in front of us while she was on roost.
3. Deposits or growths throughout - are those just fat deposits? The yellow pebble looking pieces. Those are as-is, I hadnt touched them.
4. The swollen, black ....intestine? Does not look normal to me.
Had a hen die today, this is the 3rd we've lost in a few months, so I finally decided to open this one up and take a look. The first died similarly to this one- got sick, lethargic, stopped eating, and died in a day or so. Year old wilkie, rarely laid eggs. The second one looked a bit sick, then had a prolapsed vent and passed shortly after we attempted to re-insert the vent after cleaning it up. This third one lost use of her legs, and couldnt move around. She pretty much stopped eating unless enticed, but seemed otherwise alert and healthy. She was just over 1.5 years old, and a very small hen - we were told shes a Mille Fleur when we got her.
Would really like to hear everyone's opinion...I'm chalking this one up to internal laying. What I saw that was concerning -
1. The ovary seemed to lack a liner, there were just small pinhead size "cysts" everywhere where the ovary should be (pictured).
2. Found what appears to be a leather-ish egg casing (pictured below with the gizzard) inside her abdomen cavity, this was loose and sitting tucked in with her other organs. I'm guessing this was the cause of her death. She never laid, but one egg in her life. She had dropped a "lash egg" once before as well, and I know it was her because it happened in front of us while she was on roost.
3. Deposits or growths throughout - are those just fat deposits? The yellow pebble looking pieces. Those are as-is, I hadnt touched them.
4. The swollen, black ....intestine? Does not look normal to me.
