Necropsy Photos: 3 yr old IB hen died Sun 5-15-16 (EXTREMELY GRAPHIC)

[casportpony]

Are you sure you were looking at lungs and not the liver? Lungs are located next to the spine.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Looking at the pictures I'm pretty sure that you were looking at the liver. That green stuff, I suspect that was from her spleen. Not sure what would cause her spleen to rupture, but I'll look into it.

-Kathy

 

[Chicken Keith]

On second thought, I think you are right, in that I was probably looking at her liver. I tried to find the lungs but like Columbus thought he had found India when he landed in the New World, perhaps I was so fixated on that as the lungs that maybe I just didn't look hard enough. I removed more organs and tissue and had I done things all over there's a whole list of woulda/coulda/shoulda's. The stench and oozing mess was so overwhelming to me. I was doing this in the back yard on a Sun AM and of all weekends for this to happen, my sister and her husband were getting ready to leave on their 9 hr trip home from their weekend visit with us, so I felt a little rushed too.

Now my turkey hen (in the same pen) is showing strange signs, drooping wings and a little panting when the temp is a mild 70 degrees. I suspect panting is due to pain. If there's an infection in the abdominal cavity with her then she would be in pain too. I've started the whole flock on antibiotics immediately. I cannot recall the AB, sulfamet? I'll double check it tomorrow.

 

[mimsy]

Infection can cause the spleen to enlarge, to huge proportions and rupture.

 

[casportpony]

Infection can cause the spleen to enlarge, to huge proportions and rupture.

I suspect that's what happened.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

On second thought, I think you are right, in that I was probably looking at her liver. I tried to find the lungs but like Columbus thought he had found India when he landed in the New World, perhaps I was so fixated on that as the lungs that maybe I just didn't look hard enough. I removed more organs and tissue and had I done things all over there's a whole list of woulda/coulda/shoulda's. The stench and oozing mess was so overwhelming to me. I was doing this in the back yard on a Sun AM and of all weekends for this to happen, my sister and her husband were getting ready to leave on their 9 hr trip home from their weekend visit with us, so I felt a little rushed too.

Now my turkey hen (in the same pen) is showing strange signs, drooping wings and a little panting when the temp is a mild 70 degrees. I suspect panting is due to pain. If there's an infection in the abdominal cavity with her then she would be in pain too. I've started the whole flock on antibiotics immediately. I cannot recall the AB, sulfamet? I'll double check it tomorrow.

Can you post some poop pictures?

-Kathy

 

[Chicken Keith]

Can you post some poop pictures?

-Kathy

Unfortunately no. When I isolated her, she died about 6 hours later and there was no poop in her isolation pen.

 

[Garden Peas]

Unfortunately no. When I isolated her, she died about 6 hours later and there was no poop in her isolation pen.

Oh no! Is there any way that you can involve a vet at this point? And if you can send that bird for necropsy, it would be really smart to do. Kathy (@casportpony ) used to have instructions up on how to prepare a bird for shipping to a necropsy. Often times it can be done at a state lab. Stating the obvious here, it's really important to figure out what is ailing in your bird pen. For the birds remaining, perhaps poop samples to the vet would be a place to start.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Garden Peas]

Also, post some poop pictures from your remaining birds... that could help. Is anyone else acting even remotely "off?"

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Sorry you lost her. Can you do a necropsy on her?

-Kathy