Graphic pictures necropsy pics (I’m starting to do my own)

[Chey1214]

Everything looked normal except these two pictures
I think that’s the liver totally covered in fat and some tumors

She also had a ton of blood clots in her. I opened her up moments after she passed

I’ll eventually do a pcr test at some point but I am leaning words Mereks. My next round of hatches will get the vaccine!

 

[Chey1214]

I figured it out! fatty liver syndrome

which explains the blood clots!

 

[Eggcessive]

I’m not seeing the liver. The picture on the right is the gizzard. The one on the left looks almost like a lash egg, but may be fat. Was it attached to anything? Does anything peel off of it? With fatty liver, and that is a good possibility, the liver may be tan or putty colored instead of red. A blood clot may be seen around the liver in fatty liver hemorrhagic disease. The picture at the bottom could be a tumor. Do you have other pictures of organs?

 

[Chey1214]

I’m not seeing the liver. The picture on the right is the gizzard. The one on the left looks almost like a lash egg, but may be fat. Was it attached to anything? Does anything peel off of it? With fatty liver, and that is a good possibility, the liver may be tan or putty colored instead of red. A blood clot may be seen around the liver in fatty liver hemorrhagic disease. The picture at the bottom could be a tumor. Do you have other pictures of organs?

That was the only thing that stuck out and there was a ton of blood clots in her body. It was a fast death I held her till she passed.

I’m pretty sure it was the liver, it seemed enlarged.

I think I need to decrease their feed, they do not free range.

I added some milk thistle to their water and will substitute with rooster booster.

I wasn’t sure if the things I thought were tumors were her ovaries

She was 5 months old

 

[Eggcessive]

What are you feeding? They need to eat a balanced chicken feed with no corn or extras, no table scraps. That is all a chicken needs. An occasional small treat with something like scrambled eggs would be okay. Here is a link with pictures of fatty liver disease:
https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/2020/04/06/fatty-liver-hemorrhagic-syndrome-in-a-chicken/

 

[Chey1214]

I just switched to this feed, but I have a mix from the farmer who has a bit of corn in it. I’ll omit that from the diet!!

 

[Eggcessive]

If it is a balanced chicken feed with corn, that is okay. I just meant they don’t need or require extra corn or scratch grains. I do give mine a very small amount of scratch, but limited.

 

[Chey1214]

If it is a balanced chicken feed with corn, that is okay. I just meant they don’t need or require extra corn or scratch grains. I do give mine a very small amount of scratch, but limited.

I was suspicious of Mereks, if you know from previous posts, but I really didn’t see anything suspicious.

So going forward
1. All hatched chicks will get Mereks vaccine

2. Increase vitamins and use milk thistle (selenium, not sure if I spelled that right)

3. Omit the scratch grain and extra corn

 

[Chey1214]

That feed I have has selenium yeast in it, so that’s good! I bought some rooster booster (the kind that has selenium in it)

 

[Australorpfamily]

That feed I have has selenium yeast in it, so that’s good! I bought some rooster booster (the kind that has selenium in it)

Does feeding scrambled eggs give enough of a selenium boost? As well as other vitamins?