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    Weird tumor/egg

    I soaked her in hot water for 20 minutes last night, and took a better look at the vent. I’m by no means an expert as I usually don’t look at my chickens this close. I can see the vent, it may stick out an eight of an inch, but nothing major. I tried inserting my finger a little bit but couldn’t...
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    Weird tumor/egg

    It’s not dirt, it looks like either small scab that has healed up, or something like a black head.
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    Weird tumor/egg

    Here are two pictures. I put an egg in the second picture to show the scale. From what I can tell the vent is not prolapsed. The egg seems to be a fair distance away.
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    Weird tumor/egg

    Thanks, I’ve looked at the links above, this could be the problem, I will take a better look when I get home. I think she’s been like this for a couple of days at least. I will also take a couple of pictures and post them.
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    Weird tumor/egg

    I think she is still laying, I currently have 3 chickens that all want to share the same nesting box, so it is sometimes hard to tell. She seems to be the one that spends most of her time in there.
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    Weird tumor/egg

    Hi all thanks for all the advice over the years, I finally have a question that I can find no information on. I just noticed a “tumor” on the bottom of one of my chickens. It’s covered with red skin and I originally thought it looked like a large cyst. When I examined it it felt hard, and I...
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