!URGENT! Is This Poisoning in My Chickens?

[GlicksChicks]

Hopefully she starts coming around soon or your tests get here sooner!

Update:

The Polish passed. The Wyandotte hen that I brought in is now back to her normal human hater self and her tail isn't drooping anymore.

Looks like whatever it was is out of her system. Maybe ate something bad? My wyandottes are my BIGGEST eaters

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Update:

The Polish passed. The Wyandotte hen that I brought in is now back to her normal human hater self and her tail isn't drooping anymore.

Looks like whatever it was is out of her system. Maybe ate something bad? My wyandottes are my BIGGEST eaters

I'm sorry about your hen Did you receive the tests? Are you going to send your polish to A&M?

 

[GlicksChicks]

I'm sorry about your hen Did you receive the tests? Are you going to send your polish to A&M?

I did receive the tests, but overnight shipping wouldn't work on Saturdays because they don't ship Sundays.

I plan to send tests in on Monday. Probably on the Wyandotte that became questionable that one day.

How do I send them to A&M. Do I bring it to them or mail it? Never sent in a dead bird before

 

[Eggcessive]

You normally would call the state vet lab in early morning, and they will tell you to bring them in on a weekday, or they will send you a prepaid label for overnight shipping via Fedex or UPS, I think. The dead body needs to be kept cold in a cooler on ice or in refrigerator wrapped in 2 new garbage bags. Here is detailed info:
https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/tests/necropsy-poultry/

 

[GlicksChicks]

You normally would call the state vet lab in early morning, and they will tell you to bring them in on a weekday, or they will send you a prepaid label for overnight shipping via Fedex or UPS, I think. The dead body needs to be kept cold in a cooler on ice or in refrigerator wrapped in 2 new garbage bags. Here is detailed info:
https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/tests/necropsy-poultry/

Thank you!

 

[FrostRanger]

Also, if you need ice packs, ask your local pharmacy. They often have disposable ones that come with drugs that need to be kept refrigerated that they just throw away. If you ask nicely they might give you some if they have any

 

[GlicksChicks]

Also, if you need ice packs, ask your local pharmacy. They often have disposable ones that come with drugs that need to be kept refrigerated that they just throw away. If you ask nicely they might give you some if they have any

I always like to ask nicely. I don't enjoy people who demand and feel like someone is obligated to do/give something for/to them.

 

[GlicksChicks]

I have a question, could the polish have laid a lash egg?

I forgot to mention that not long before she kinda acted odd a hen in the polish pen laid something that was not confirmed as a lash egg. No idea who it was as I didn't see it get laid. Some people thought it was, some people thought it wasn't. So I was left indecisive. Which is why I had forgotten to add that to the list of issues.

Is it possible she succumbed to the infection and that was what was wrong?

Pics of the egg attached.

 

[Eggcessive]

It could be some lash material. There are a lot of pictures online, big and small, round, and irregular. Hens don’t just pass away immediately from having salpingitis. Some may, but some may live for awhile, and you might not even know it without a necropsy.

 

[GlicksChicks]

It could be some lash material. There are a lot of pictures online, big and small, round, and irregular. Hens don’t just pass away immediately from having salpingitis. Some may, but some may live for awhile, and you might not even know it without a necropsy.

How long does it typically take for the infection to kill them? She has been going for atleast a week like this. I can't remember exactly how long.

I just recently posted this up because of that one hen who died suddenly. The one who died suddenly was not one suspected for the lash. She wasn't in the polish pen and not even close to laying judging by her ovaries.