Large lump on chickens chest

[CassTrueman]

So today I noticed my hen not moving around as much as usual. She also had her back tails hanging down. I searched this and thought she may have a egg stuck even though she hasn’t started to lay yet. So I put her in a warm bath but then noticed she has a black type mass on her chest/ abdomen and fist I thought it was poo stuck on her but it looks attached to her. I’m very worried about her she’s our first chicken and we are very attached to her

 

[trumpeting_angel]

Oh, she is so pretty! I expect someone who knows something will come along soon.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I've never seen anything like that...it's not very easy to see, you said you think it's part of her skin, not something that's caked in there?

 

[Helloworld]

Your either dealing with some type of tumor which is seen in older chickens or on a better note, a feather follicle blockage. Its molting time so pull any feathers in it and treat with antibiotic cream. I hope this works for you.

And think about Meriks. I have seen chickens with same on that too. A vet would be nice on this one. Hope you have one that will work with poultry. Mine won’t even euthanize and we live way out.

 

[micstrachan]

Can you trim back the feathers and take another photo? It’s hard to know what we are looking at here.

 

[Chickenluver106]

Can anybody tell me what this thing is? She was an older barred rock hen.

 

[Chickenluver106]

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can anybody tell me what this thing is? She was an older barred rock hen.

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That was underneath the skin? I would take a guess that it was a large breast blister.
Others may know better than me.

 

[Chickenluver106]

That could be, it was so weird, it’s so big and layered inside. It felt like a hard boiled egg yolk and she also had weird stones that I’m guessing were calcified pus or something

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Wow, it looks like it may have been a huge abscess. I'm so sorry for your loss!