autopsy

I am new here.. we have had backyard chickens for a few years now. So far we have only lost 2 birds. The first one I am pretty sure was from gape worm. That happened when she was about 6 months old. That left us with 2 birds so we got 2 more the following spring. We have had good luck with the 4...

butchered 4 roosters today and when i was taking the organs out for my dogs and i noticed the kidneys were white, i assumed it was a weird one off thing until all four of them had these white kidneys. they were VERY white, not yellow like fat, when cut into they are white all the way in and...

We recently lost a chicken who had been sick for a while. I THINK it was coccidiosis but I'm not sure. She lost blood in her comb, stopped eating, but her crop was still full, and grew lethargic. Her eggs also were coming out soft shelled and squishy. After she died we cut her open to see if she...

We saw a low-energy chicken about a week ago, isolated her, etc. But she just never really perked up and this morning we found her dead. Dissection pictures below in spoiler. The first one shows her open cavity - it looks fairly empty in there - with a little bit of standing water still, but...

My buff Orpington, approx 10 months old started to act a bit strange. I found her hiding and not with her flock and chicks per usual. We just lost a chick but unsure what happened to it. Probably a predator. My hens freely roam the acreage. I knew something was wrong then when she allowed me to...

Hi, sad day for us today - one of our 2 year old, female Embden geese passed away in the night and was found dead in our pond. She has been unwell/borderline lame for a few days - we treated for worming when lameness was spotted (4 days ago) and gave vitamin boost daily since, sadly it didn't...

I'm hoping to figure out why my 3 year old Amberlink hen died a few weeks ago, to prevent it from happening to my other chickens. Here is what happened: Weekend: Amberlink and my one other hen (Buff Orpington, 3 years old) both appeared healthy, except that the Amberlink hasn't laid an egg in...

Hey everybody, Unfortunately I found one of my button quail dead this morning, and I'd like to see if there are any signs I should look for with the body to make sure it wasn't a disease or parasite that the other quail in the cage could get. I thought the cause might have been dehydration...

My lovely Matilda has passed away :hit:hit. I just went down this morning to get my little guy an egg for his brekkie and I saw her in the corner of the coop. She is a black sex link type chicken (Harco) - I did notice she was on the nest box a lot yesterday and I thought I'd double check on her...

This is a 2nd hen that didn't present any symptoms and was found dead as if scared to death right on the spot. the last one was a buff. this one is a Barred rock. I have a couple questions about the autopsy pics I took if anyone has experience looking at them. I am experienced with chickens and...

GRAPHIC PICTURES OF AUTOPSIED CHICKEN, NEED HELP DETERMING CAUSE OF DEATH: Hi folks. Just completed my second ever chicken autopsy. Last night I lost a hen to impacted crop. This morning, I lost another hen. Did her autopsy and was unable to identify cause of death. Noticed red veining on the...