I just had my chicken culled from this same thing... still don't know what it was, but the scabs smelled like dorritos and felt like pork rinds. She had a tumor growing under it that went from the size of a quarter 3 weeks ago to the size of a 10 yo child's fist... and it spread from her wing...
ok, we just got back from the vet... he said it was either (the equivelent of) an ingrown feather that got infected, some other sort of abcess, or a tumor.
Do tumors get more likely with age? She's either 4 1/2 or 5 years old at this point. (We think she was a year old when we got her which...
I had my chicken inside two days ago, and I didn't hold her yesterday, so I think that must be when this happened... It looks like her wing morphed into a giant poop... the tip of her wing (skin, not feathers) feels like a pork rind, and looks very infected. What can I do, since I just saw it...
Can I ask what finally happened with peanut? I have a brahma that the feed store gave me 'cause she just spun in circles and didn't seem to be able to walk straight. I thought it might be an inner ear thing and it might clear up... but she gets tired a lot and can't hold her head up when that...
I'm so sorry to hear about your chick.
I was searching "backwards toe" 'cause I noticed my bantam cochin frizzle and my faverolle/cochin bantam both have their outside toes just like that, with the tallon pointing up. I was wondering if it was a bantam cochin thing... since they're from...
I got this hen a couple of days ago from an ad in craigslist... random stray chicken, been living in people's backyards in a neighborhood for a few months... none of them wanted it, and I miss having a chicken (used to have a pet rhode island as a kid... she was very sweet and loving... but she...