Sick chicken

[Njbchick]

Glad you were able to take her to the vet.
Hopefully the antibiotics will help her and she will make a speedy recover.

 

[Njbchick]

Just thought I would let you know my chicken still was not doing very well yesterday. She was just not thriving. I went back to the vet with her, and we decided the best thing to do was to put her down and then perform in the necropsy to see what her issues were. As I suspected, they said she had an advance case of oviduct infection. So apparently, the tetracycline wasn’t enough to take care of it. I hated to put her down, but I was afraid whatever she had might infect the rest of the flock. So I had to find out what it was.
Are there any special precautions I should be takin with the rest of my flock? Thanks for your help.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Just thought I would let you know my chicken still was not doing very well yesterday. She was just not thriving. I went back to the vet with her, and we decided the best thing to do was to put her down and then perform in the necropsy to see what her issues were. As I suspected, they said she had an advance case of oviduct infection. So apparently, the tetracycline wasn’t enough to take care of it. I hated to put her down, but I was afraid whatever she had might infect the rest of the flock. So I had to find out what it was.
Are there any special precautions I should be takin with the rest of my flock? Thanks for your help.

I'm so sorry for your loss
It's good that you were able to get a necropsy and know what her issues were.

There is really no precautions that I know of that you can take. Did the vet send off any samples to see if he could get more clarification to the cause of the infection?
Since there are many causes of Salpingitis, I would just observe the others to see if any of them start having trouble.

It won't hurt to clean/sanitize shared water stations.

 

[Njbchick]

I'm so sorry for your loss
It's good that you were able to get a necropsy and know what her issues were.

There is really no precautions that I know of that you can take. Did the vet send off any samples to see if he could get more clarification to the cause of the infection?
Since there are many causes of Salpingitis, I would just observe the others to see if any of them start having trouble.

It won't hurt to clean/sanitize shared water stations.

My vet did not perform the necropsy. We are fortunate to have a very large center run by Murray State University that did the necropsy for the vet. They are doing additional test. Since we are in a large farming area, we have access to the Breathitt Veterinary Center. I know several farmers take their farm animals to the BVC determine cause of death.
I had the chicken quarantined for a couple of weeks but, it won’t hurt to sanitize their water stations and feed area.

Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[micstrachan]

I went ahead and took my sick chicken to the vet today. The reason I decided to take her was she produced what look like a small lash egg. He put her on tetracycline in her water for five days. I’m trying that now and hoping she will feel better soon. She is eating a small amount and drinking some. Hopefully this tetracycline will make her feel better. I will attach a gross pic of the thing . I will keep you posted.

I am just reading through this thread and saw that in your previous post. My heart stopped, as I immediately thought it looked like a lash egg. So glad you were able to get her to the vet and get her on antibiotics.

 

[micstrachan]

Just thought I would let you know my chicken still was not doing very well yesterday. She was just not thriving. I went back to the vet with her, and we decided the best thing to do was to put her down and then perform in the necropsy to see what her issues were. As I suspected, they said she had an advance case of oviduct infection. So apparently, the tetracycline wasn’t enough to take care of it. I hated to put her down, but I was afraid whatever she had might infect the rest of the flock. So I had to find out what it was.
Are there any special precautions I should be takin with the rest of my flock? Thanks for your help.

Oh, I’m so sorry. I did not read all the way through before my last post.