I often hear some chicken farmers complain that some hens have plump and bright red combs and are in good spirits. They have to squat in the chicken coop for a while every day, and they "clack-clack-clack" after leaving the nest. The ground keeps barking, but no eggs are laid every time. What's the reason? In fact, this is caused by the hen suffering from yolk peritonitis.

Hens suffering from yolk peritonitis generally have no other symptoms except "false laying of eggs". According to experts, if such a hen is slaughtered and dissected, it will be found that although the hen's ovaries are normal and there are eggs, there will be yellow fluid accumulation and deteriorated yellow-white yolk fragments in the abdominal cavity. This is caused by the hen being violently chased or frightened during egg laying, causing the mature eggs to fail to enter the fallopian tube and fall into the abdominal cavity. It can be seen that chicken farmers should strengthen the management of laying hens to prevent strangers or enemies from breaking into the chicken house. This is an effective measure to prevent the occurrence of this disease.

After hens suffered from yolk peritonitis, various antimicrobial drugs were used to treat them without obvious effect. According to experts, traditional Chinese medicine can be used for treatment: chop the traditional Chinese medicine rhubarb and grind it into powder, mix it into flour to make pills, and feed the pills to the sick chickens 3 times a day, with 2 grams of raw medicine each time, for 4-7 consecutive days. , hens can resume laying eggs. Chickens should continue to be fed medicine for about one week after laying eggs to prevent recurrence of the disease.