Odd head wound/lump/knot?!?

[Thorned]

So, now our new turkey flock has another...thing...

When we brought our 3 bourbon reds home, I noticed one had a little dark "spot" on it's head. No biggie just figured it was feathers. Fast forward a week and that spot looks like this:

These pics were Monday (just got them moved to comp so I can post them). Today, it is twice that size. It's like something hard and black is coming out of a hole in the skin. The skin around it almost looks like it is healthy and stretched almost. I thought bot fly but there is nothing inside it that moves when manipulated and it is hard...I mean VERY hard like bone/stone.

Thoughts?

*Note: I have started a round of antibiotics and am using some neosporin on it just in case...figure it can't hurt

 

[sourland]

Bot fly was my first thought. I'd be tempted to slather it with antibiotic ointment.

 

[Molpet]

Might be an absorbed twin, can't remember the name for it. I have only seen in hatchery chickens

 

[Devils Flower]

It could be a feather cyst.

 

[Thorned]

Might be an absorbed twin, can't remember the name for it. I have only seen in hatchery chickens

Would that have shown up earlier or would now be a normal time to start to manifest? They are 7 weeks old this week.

 

[Thorned]

It could be a feather cyst.

It did have small feather tips coming out of it 2 days ago...now I see nothing but the black...thing

 

[Molpet]

Would that have shown up earlier or would now be a normal time to start to manifest? They are 7 weeks old this week.

Seems to show up as they grow. But so does the feather cyst mentioned

 

[Thorned]

Seems to show up as they grow. But so does the feather cyst mentioned

I am finding zero info so far online. Do you happen to know what the treatment is? Seems feather cyst is surgical removal...not sure if I can find a vet that will even see them much less do the surgery. Might be my wife and I having to do it...won't be the first surgery we have done.

 

[Thorned]

I am finding zero info so far online. Do you happen to know what the treatment is? Seems feather cyst is surgical removal...not sure if I can find a vet that will even see them much less do the surgery. Might be my wife and I having to do it...won't be the first surgery we have done.

Seems to be called parasitic twin maybe?

 

[Molpet]

I am finding zero info so far online. Do you happen to know what the treatment is? Seems feather cyst is surgical removal...not sure if I can find a vet that will even see them much less do the surgery. Might be my wife and I having to do it...won't be the first surgery we have done.

Really isn't a treatment..., I suppose you could spend big bucks for a surgery, like people have. But being on the head I would worry about the brain.
If it was me I would have to poke around in there and see what it is. LOL
I wouldn't use it for breeding.

Yes parasitic twin