Took my hen to vet for what I thought was egg binding but they didn't find any egg

[Eggcessive]

Salpingitis is when a hen has formed solid egg masses in side the abdomen when eggs have been going in the wrong direction. She also could have cancer. Most times we do not know exactly what is wrong until a necropsy can be done after death. I usually open the abdomen of every hen I lose to try and see if there are any clues or cause of death. Your state vet usually can do a thorough necropsy if you keep the body cold, nit frozen.

 

[Lilivili]

Salpingitis is when a hen has formed solid egg masses in side the abdomen when eggs have been going in the wrong direction. She also could have cancer. Most times we do not know exactly what is wrong until a necropsy can be done after death. I usually open the abdomen of every hen I lose to try and see if there are any clues or cause of death. Your state vet usually can do a thorough necropsy if you keep the body cold, nit frozen.

So basically no hope. Should I just euthanize?

 

[Lilivili]

You can stop the soaks as she's not egg bound. When did she last lay? Based on my experience with my vet doing ultrasound on a couple of my hens, they should be able to determine if they are internal laying, or have salpingitus, via the ultrasound. In my one hen, that wasn't laying, and they did not find either of those conditions, the vet thought cancer was most likely the cause of her acsites, aka water belly. Cancer can be hard to visualize via ultrasound. He put her on carprofen, an anti-inflammatory and she has been going ok for 2 months now. It's not a cure, but makes her more comfortable and can slow down the growth of the cancer a little bit. You should call your vet and ask for more details, and see if they will give you some meds for her. Edited to say, I see you did get metacam which is also an anti-inflammatory.

I suspect it's this as she is responding well to the metacam. Kind of bittersweet.
She is back, but for how long?

I might put her back with the flock soon as she seems bored and restless. Will be a pain in the but to administer medication though

 

[townchicks]

I'll second the pain in the rear part, I have 2 hens now on 2x day meds. My girl has been doing well now for 2 1/2 months so I can't complain. She's an older girl, going on 7 this summer, so not completely unexpected, unlike your young lady. Just hang in there, you never know, until you know. do please keep us posted. She will be happier with the flock.