The Pita Pinta Asturiana

[PetRock]

It's a sad day in my Pita Pinta world. I lost 3 of my original hens today.

I found 1 dead in the nest box and we culled the other 2. Both of the culled ones had enlarged, squishy abdomen and 1 showed signs of prolapse. I am going to send at least 2 of them in to Davis. I may submit the 3rd one in my friend's name since they were at her farm and we share the chickens.

 

[Ballerina Bird]

It's a sad day in my Pita Pinta world.  I lost 3 of my original hens today. I found 1 dead in the nest box and we culled the other 2.  Both of the culled ones had enlarged, squishy abdomen and 1 showed signs of prolapse.  I am going to send at least 2 of them in to Davis.  I may submit the 3rd one in my friend's name since they were at her farm and we share the chickens.

I am so sorry! How sad.

 

[Henthused]

It's a sad day in my Pita Pinta world. I lost 3 of my original hens today.

I found 1 dead in the nest box and we culled the other 2. Both of the culled ones had enlarged, squishy abdomen and 1 showed signs of prolapse. I am going to send at least 2 of them in to Davis. I may submit the 3rd one in my friend's name since they were at her farm and we share the chickens.

Awww, Debi, I am so sorry to hear this. Let us know what you find out.

 

[PetRock]

Thank you for empathizing with me. They are in the hands of Fed Ex and hopefully on their way to Davis. The clerk who helped me asked if anything in the box was breakable. I thought to myself, nope they are already broken. That's sad.

Then I was giggling inside as I watched the other clerk standing by the big box with 2 dead birds in it. I would have loved to see her reaction if she found out what was in the box.

 

[Ballerina Bird]

Thank you for empathizing with me.  They are in the hands of Fed Ex and hopefully on their way to Davis.  The clerk who helped me asked if anything in the box was breakable.  I thought to myself, nope they are already broken.  That's sad.    Then I was giggling inside as I watched the other clerk standing by the big box with 2 dead birds in it.  I would have loved to see her reaction if she found out what was in the box. 

Oh, that is sad. I live in Davis, and my girls and I will be thinking of your girls as they head toward us.

 

[ronott1]

The latest Pita Pinta chicks are 7 weeks old now!

 

[Ballerina Bird]

The latest Pita Pinta chicks are 7 weeks old now!

They look great! So cute.

 

[TheKeeper]

The latest Pita Pinta chicks are 7 weeks old now!

So cute!
My four are doing great. They integrated so easily with the other 15 peepers.

 

[PetRock]

I posted this in the N CA thread but thought that I would share here, too. I'm still waiting to hear back about the hen that died in the nest box.

I received the report on 2 of the 3 Pita Pinta hens that died 10 days ago. I haven't had time to look up everything and make sense of it all but they were 2 very sick girls. I'm not sure what I can do to prevent this happening to any of the other birds. Maybe someone on here can interpret it for me. Here is a link to the report.

file:///C:/Users/davalerga/Downloads/D1507947_Final_1.PDF

Here is the short version:

Hen A - Pericarditis, mutifocal, nodular, lymphocytic, chronic
- Nephritis, multifocal, interstitial, lymphocytic, chronic
- Peritonitis, lymphoplasmacytic and histiocytic, moderate, multifocal, chronic

Hen B - Oviduct, adenocarcinoma, severe, widespread
- Lungs, metastatic adenocarcinoma, multifocal, early stage
- Salpingitis/yolk peritonitis, moderate, chronic, pleocellular

In the case summary, Davis noted that both hens had a large, cystic, persistent right oviduct. They said that it is unusual to see persistent right oviducts that are this large and theorized that this might be a breed-related characteristic. They did say that there was no evidence of Marek's disease in peripheral nerves and brain. And the test for avian flu was negative.

 

[ronott1]

I posted this in the N CA thread but thought that I would share here, too. I'm still waiting to hear back about the hen that died in the nest box.

I received the report on 2 of the 3 Pita Pinta hens that died 10 days ago. I haven't had time to look up everything and make sense of it all but they were 2 very sick girls. I'm not sure what I can do to prevent this happening to any of the other birds. Maybe someone on here can interpret it for me. Here is a link to the report.

file:///C:/Users/davalerga/Downloads/D1507947_Final_1.PDF

Here is the short version:

Hen A - Pericarditis, mutifocal, nodular, lymphocytic, chronic
- Nephritis, multifocal, interstitial, lymphocytic, chronic
- Peritonitis, lymphoplasmacytic and histiocytic, moderate, multifocal, chronic

Hen B - Oviduct, adenocarcinoma, severe, widespread
- Lungs, metastatic adenocarcinoma, multifocal, early stage
- Salpingitis/yolk peritonitis, moderate, chronic, pleocellular

In the case summary, Davis noted that both hens had a large, cystic, persistent right oviduct. They said that it is unusual to see persistent right oviducts that are this large and theorized that this might be a breed-related characteristic. They did say that there was no evidence of Marek's disease in peripheral nerves and brain. And the test for avian flu was negative.

Thanks for the update!

I will keep an eye out for problems like that.