Thanks for the info. I am not yet brave enough to try surgery so I appreciate you sharing what you found.
As long as she remains happy and growning I think I'll let her be. I just don't want anything tramatic and painful to happen to her, but she seems fine now.
Thanks again!
I read the whole thread and it does sound similiar to what my girl has.
The pics look a lot like it too.
The worst part, as one of the other owners described, is she seems so happy.
I'm going to wait and see a little bit more to make sure it is what it seems - if so I'll have to cull her...
Thanks for the advice ddawn and three horses.
I don't feel anything specific inside of the mass today. It feels like a solid lump. Hernia sounds likely to me tough because it seemed smaller when I first felt it, then larger after she wiggled a little and jumped on and off of my hand a few...
My Wyandotte chick (1 of 8 some are Dominique and some are Oprington) is exactly one month old. As I picked her up today I noticed a mass on her underside.
It was squishy to the touch and appeared reddish through her white skin.
It is the size of half of a ping pong ball attached to the...