Breast bone injury?

[RachelKL]

Hello all!

My 7 month old pullet seems to have injured her breastbone from what I can figure out. On Monday she was moving slow which I noticed right away and as the day went on I realized her neck was shifted to the right and she had a hump on her left side.

When I palpate it's hard and seems like her bone. She can walk (although slowly), she was with the flock Monday and Tuesday and yesterday she started to isolate herself although she's still eating and drinking.

I put her in the garage this morning so I can monitor her better but wondering if this is something that will resolve itself....I don't see how, it's sticking out so much. No idea how this happened either. She is a big bird and I don't see her trying to fly up top the coop or anywhere else like my others do.

 

[coach723]

Is it possible for you to get pictures that show the neck position and the lump? Is vet care an option? An x-ray might be the best way to see what is going on.

 

[RachelKL]

Here's a link to a couple of pictures and a couple of videos too. It's hard to see from the front in the camera but you can see it a bit better from over the top of her.

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=VZ9RJx5ZICkxkUIjHVhHtJQpAvd2zzCDovbk

 

[coach723]

I do see that she seems to be canted to the side, can't really see the lump. I'm not really sure what might be going on. I will tag a couple more educators to see what they may have to say.
@Wyorp Rock
@Eggcessive

 

[RachelKL]

Awesome, thank you so much

 

[RachelKL]

Also, the lump is right under the top of her left wing, you can kind of see it's displacing her wing a little from the video's where I am over the top of her.

 

[Eggcessive]

I really can’t tell what is wrong. She may have flown into something and hurt herself, or was being chased. A xray would be helpful if possible.