https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/28816/chicken-help Hi All i have a lady with backyard chickens . One has had what appears to be a blockage or egg retention since December. Chicken bright and eating with normal droppings but large painful solid mass rostal to cloaca. X-ray hopefully attached. Owneren-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/218885?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 18 Jan 2020 16:39:26 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:0ae8d333-8150-4da9-9e18-9796ecfe4b83Mark Rowland<p>Hello</p> <p>Its likely a pyometra so essentially a salpinx filled with scrambled egg. A lateral view under ga would be helpful.&nbsp;</p> <p>These can be spayed if the owner is aware of the risks and funds</p> <p>I use a ventral midline approach, making the incision more of an L shape when I reach the keel (the incision turning right)</p> <p>The salpinx has quite a few blood vessels but can usually be resected successfully.</p> <p>Analgesia is very important. Morbidity incidence is high.</p> <p>Goodluck</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/218882?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 18 Jan 2020 15:22:20 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:8c27b11d-c420-43d8-8c7a-c6282d0a091cjanine redman<p>No palpable fluid , previous chicken had liver problems and ascites and did well for a few months. This one has that solid mass and otherwise feels squidgy&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/218874?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 18 Jan 2020 11:43:39 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:07cb7c20-9224-4691-901f-66d0610608f8Sarah Keir<p>Ultrasound? Fluid?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>