Total newbie at this--picked out six chicks from Buchheits Friday and yesterday noticed one of the NH Reds has a black lump on her leg. They are around 2.5 weeks old. Chick is otherwise walking fine, eating and pooping. Thinking it might be scaly leg, I covered it in Vaseline last night and this morning. I tried to upload a pick but not sure it's showing! Any ideas what this might be and how to treat?
Black lump on chick leg? Thoughts please?
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Total newbie at this--picked out six chicks from Buchheits Friday and yesterday noticed one of the NH Reds has a black lump on her leg. They are around 2.5 weeks old. Chick is otherwise walking fine, eating and pooping. Thinking it might be scaly leg, I covered it in Vaseline last night and this morning. I tried to upload a pick but not sure it's showing! Any ideas what this might be and how to treat?
That is not scaly leg, but it looks like an injury or some type of growth. If the skin is open, I would clean it with betadine, and use plain antibiotic ointment such as bacitracin or neosporin. I would just watch it in case an abscess forms. Let us know if there are changes.
Any chance you ever figured out what this was? One of my chicks seems to have something similar.
Total newbie at this--picked out six chicks from Buchheits Friday and yesterday noticed one of the NH Reds has a black lump on her leg. They are around 2.5 weeks old. Chick is otherwise walking fine, eating and pooping. Thinking it might be scaly leg, I covered it in Vaseline last night and this morning. I tried to upload a pick but not sure it's showing! Any ideas what this might be and how to treat?
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I think it may be bumble foot. I'm not exactly an expert, but I would get it checked out at the vets.
@jennyfAny chance you ever figured out what this was? One of my chicks seems to have something similar.
Any chance you ever figured out what this was? One of my chicks seems to have something similar.
Welcome To BYC @Rwojo
This thread is from 2016 and the OP has not been on since 2018 so they may not respond to your question.
If you can please post photos of your chick and give us more information that would be helpful.
I agree with the initial suggestion from 2016 by @Eggcessive that the leg photo looks like injury or perhaps some type of growth and treatment suggestions would still be the same today as it was then.
It is neither bumblefoot nor scaly leg mites.
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