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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)

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

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

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.

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...

any guesses? anyone?

mine is not a silkie...don't know what she is.

the lump is on her head above her eye, it's like a little marble is under her skin. i'll try the pic again

ok, any insight? it's been there for maybe 2 weeks and started small then gets gradually bigger. she's acting fine and it doesn't seem to pain her, but it sure doesn't look good. sorry it's not a very big picture

does anyone know of any books on chicken genetics? i'd like to get into breeding at some point, but that point is kinda far off at the moment anyway, i want to learn all about chx genetics but i need all the info in one place (a book) in order for my brain to process it successfully. any...

I have a couple of them!!! NN x WCBP hens, I think they are pretty!!! and they look just like you can imagine. do you have any pics?? i'd like to see them

well it'll be a while till i can do it ($$), but i think i'll definitely try when i get the chance

has anyone else thought of crossing a naked-neck with a crested polish? i can just imagine a chicken with a naked neck and that crazy head of hair.

my chickens are part-time free-rangers, and occasionally a hen will find a nice nesting spot in the woods (which we usually find, if a raccoon or something doesn't find it first) i just recently i found a nest with four eggs in it, and i'm sure they were all from the same hen. that makes the...

i was thinking that the squawking chicken seemed upset or something, but hens make big fusses about so little (it seems) that i don't know if i could tell whether or not a chicken is distressed