there's a big lump on my chicken's head--help!

[Chickies]

ok, one of my chickens has a lump above her eye that looks like a marble under her skin. it's firm, has feathers on it, and it's not hot. the skin over the lump is fine (no lesions or dry spots). she's not as vivacious as the rest of the chickens, but she's eating and drinking and isn't lethargic or anything. any ideas what this could be??

 

[chickenhick]

Has she always had this?

 

[Renee]

Can you post a photo?

 

[Chickies]

she's had it for probably a couple months. i'll give the picture a shot, last time i posted it some could see it some could not.

this is my most recent pic, but the lump has gotten bigger since then.

 

[Chickies]

maybe right click "show image" if you can't see the pic

 

[Renee]

We can't see the photo.
Can you just give us a link?

 

[Chickies]

ok, that should work better....and this is a link to my byc page, which has the pic https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=7849

 

[abbey]

I have a chicken with the same kind of lump. Any idea what it is?

 

[Chickies]

just an update, my chicken is doing fine, besides the grotesque head-growth. she's running around and eating/drinking and even laying (not really often though)

 

[seesthru]

I'd ask the vet what that is. It could be a tumor, or a kernel of infection. If it's infection antibiotics might fix it right up. It could even be that something bit her maybe.

Anyway, I had chickens, or rather my landlady did. A few of them developed lumps. I took one to the vet and it was an infection. The infection wasn't pus, it was a yellow lump under the skin... Hard yellow lump. I mean the infection nodule itslf was yellow, not the lump on th eoutside... The vet removed the infection and treated her and she was fine.