once I cut open her gut the first thing i saw were her intestines behind that there were large fluid filled balls with small yellow things in between them. there was one large misshapen yellow ball with was a cheesy yellow color that had the texture of wax. it seemed like a lash egg. both chickens were about 2 years old... maybe older. i don't know when the last time she layed an egg was (i have 35 chickens so it is hard to know who lays which egg). she has not been eating so her crop is empty. we live in the Carolinas. i love my chicks but i don't think that they are worth $100s of dollars to get them a check up if they are going to die anyways. her legs are definingly paralyzed and any noise she makes is a soft airy version of what it should sound like (chicken whispers). she dose not eat of drink unless i stuff it in her mouth, but i do give her water through a syringe. and she hasent come into contact with anything toxic as far as i am aware.
i have been doing some research and I think it might be a ovary infection ☹ ... does anyone know how to treat an ovary infection???
I'm sorry, for some reason I didn't get an alert that you replied until this evening.
How is she doing now - does she still seem paralyzed and is making the soft airy noises?
Hard to know what's going on with her, but as you suspect, I would think she's having some type of reproductive problem.
She may have infection, cancer, tumor, abscess or something similar. Her quality of life and whether she is suffering does need to be considered. I understand it's sad and distressing.
IF you are able to keep her hydrated, she doesn't seem in pain and you think she's got a good chance of recovering to the point she can be fairly active and rejoin the flock, then treating her with an antibiotic may be in order. Do you have an antibiotics on hand? What do you have? Most all antibiotics I would recommend you would need to order online or get from your vet. For severe reproductive infection, my first choice would be Baytril, if you order it, it will take a couple of days to get it at best. Baytril is not approved for use in laying hens, so you will want to research that and determine if it's a drug you want to use.
Amoxicillin may help, it really depends on what's going on with her. Since you are in the Carolinas, you may be able to find Fish Mox (Amoxicillin) at
Tractor Supply. Dosage is 57mg per pound of weight given orally 2 times a day.
What you found in your other hen, without seeing it, hard to know - some reproductive problems are hard to distinguish even with an official necropsy (they usually do more testing as well). Internal Laying, Salpingitis and Egg Yolk Peritonitis can all have yellow cheesy material in the abdomen. The large fluid filled balls with yellow things in between them sounds like possibly cystic oviduct, the yellow things may have been ovum(?) All speculation on my part - I'm not a vet and I'm very limited in knowledge, sometimes seeing photos I can tell a bit more.
There's various photos here that you might recognize?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...omas-in-laying-hens-graphic-pictures.1064118/
Also photos of cystic oviduct can be found here
https://www.slideshare.net/VETIDEA/infectious-bronchitis-in-laying-hens-chickens
