Chicnz

In the Brooder
Nov 6, 2024
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Hoping someone with more experience than I do can tell what is going on here?
From my untrained and inexperienced eye I suspect EYP (egg yolk peritonitis).
I found her kidneys (I think those are her kidneys…?) water like and very pale.
((VERY VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO of chicken necropsy!!!)) ⚠️
 
The liver looks pale and there is some yellow fat. Pale liver could be fatty liver disease. Was there any yellow fluid that leaked out from the abdomen when it was opened? Yellow fluid would mean ascites or water belly from liver disease. I can’t tell that much with a video. Pictures of the organs and a description is more helpful. I have some limited experience with necropsies, but not an expert. Salpingitis usually causes solid flesh colored masses of egg material as seen here:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/
 
The liver looks pale and there is some yellow fat. Pale liver could be fatty liver disease. Was there any yellow fluid that leaked out from the abdomen when it was opened? Yellow fluid would mean ascites or water belly from liver disease. I can’t tell that much with a video. Pictures of the organs and a description is more helpful. I have some limited experience with necropsies, but not an expert. Salpingitis usually causes solid flesh colored masses of egg material as seen here:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/
First look I initially thought it was fat but after quite a bit of reading and googling- I’m thinking and identifying it could very well have been internal yolk covering her insides. I was hoping someone would be able share wisdom. There was no liquid. She has been sick for awhile, first it was fly strike which we fixed but then a penguin stance occurred, I suspected egg bound originally when I brought her in (but when examined there were no internal eggs as expected. The protrusions were all the yellow). It then became a prolapse which again, once examined were the yellow which covers everything as you can see from the video. I’ve only ever processed roosters so I am way out of my depth here. Also there has been no laying, as I suspected by her penguin stance she was egg bound so switched her food, I’d found nothing and she’s laid nothing for weeks. I expected to have found an egg or two when I looked but no.
 
I was surprised to see so much yellow too, knowing how long she’s been in the “chicken hospital”. I couldn’t quite understand how she could have accumulated so much “fat”. So eyp made sense when I researched it abit more. But I wouldn’t know one from the other either. I didn’t like making the video but I thought someone would see something I can’t.
 

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