Reproductive Problems

[Bawkbok]

Let's hope the antibiotics help clear up any infection she is dealing with so she can feel better.

 

[CrazyChickains]

I do have a question, is peritonitis curable? Or is it a life long thing?

 

[Bawkbok]

I don't know if it's curable, I suspect not. Was the vet not able to provide insight on a prognosis?

This is what happens. The vet suspects Coelomitis, formerly called egg yolk peritonitis, also called Salpingitis. It is due to masses of egg material in either the abdomen or the oviduct. It is a common cause of death in hens.

In our case it went into her abdomen and grew from there. She suffered on and off with multiple rounds of feeling good and not depending on if she was on an antibiotic or not. The penguin walk and wide stance, inactivity, hard swollen belly, moving slow to lethargy, standing around but not wanting to lay on belly, changes in appetite, not being able to do chicken things to yellow, watery goo for poop. All not good signs and no quality of life for a chicken. Makes one think twice about production breeds. They have a difficult short life.

 

[CrazyChickains]

I don't know if it's curable, I suspect not. Was the vet not able to provide insight on a prognosis?

This is what happens. The vet suspects Coelomitis, formerly called egg yolk peritonitis, also called Salpingitis. It is due to masses of egg material in either the abdomen or the oviduct. It is a common cause of death in hens.

In our case it went into her abdomen and grew from there. She suffered on and off with multiple rounds of feeling good and not depending on if she was on an antibiotic or not. The penguin walk and wide stance, inactivity, hard swollen belly, moving slow to lethargy, standing around but not wanting to lay on belly, changes in appetite, not being able to do chicken things to yellow, watery goo for poop. All not good signs and no quality of life for a chicken. Makes one think twice about production breeds. They have a difficult short life.

Thank you for your info, we got our chickens by hatching eggs from a family friend and I wouldn't have gotten any sexlinks on purpose. What matters to me is quality of life so if she continues going downhill we will end her suffering.

 

[Bawkbok]

we believe she is a barnyard mix (possibly buff Orpington or some sort of red sexlink).

So did you ask your vet what breed she is? Or your friend? Any hen can acquire this but it is more common in productions.

 

[CrazyChickains]

So did you ask your vet what breed she is? Or your friend? Any hen can acquire this but it is more common in productions.

We didn't ask about breed from the vet and our friend just knows she has chickens she doesn't know exact breeds.