We never did figure out what it was. The other birds started picking on her so we ended up putting her down. We kept her separated for a time and would put her back in the main coop to sleep at night, but the separation pushed her way down the line in pecking order, which didn't help matters. It...
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We tried Prep H to take the swelling down, but that didn't do anything. I've read that if it's a cyst, we may be able to soak her bottom in warm water which may cause her body to reabsorb some of the hard-stuff inside it...
If anyone has other ideas, I'm willing to try...
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I'm a chicken lover by nature and happy to have acquired my first backyard flock within the last couple months. I have a hen that is acting fine, but has a large growth coming out of her bottom, not her vent, more to the right of that. She's passing stools just fine. Has anyone ever...