Update from this morning;
The lump appears smaller after I lanced it last night, heat is down significantly. I washed the wound again this morning and applied more antibiotic ointment. “Lefty” is now out on garden clean up duty with Nanny Hen. She is busy poking around and cleaning up the bugs...
I lanced and got blood. Yes her beak is clear, her nasal passages are clear, her eyes are bright, her ear canal is clear and clean. I now feel like king of the jerks for lancing and getting nothing out of it🤦♀️ Betadine rinse and I’m looking at hitting her with a shot of pen g or should I go...
The skin is pulling and splitting because it’s so tight. I couldn’t catch her until they went to bed but I don’t recall seeing this on her yesterday, it’s possible it may have just been much smaller and she was nestled in on the center of the roost bar
Doesn’t act terribly painful, closes her eyes when I touch it. Feels hard and like it’s full of pus. No smell, nothing in the ear canal that I can see. The skin is starting to have issues because it’s stretched so tight- curious if I should lance and then give penicillin
I will take another photo and post it, but I went out tonight and have a surprise on my 7 month old light Brahma. The lump is not warm to the touch, it’s very hard and it is her ear lobe. No marks on it look like flockmates being rough. She is a predominant hen in the flock and no one really...