Bulb on my sweet cochin bantams side foot

[mellinda]

https://postimg.cc/JDVXKMcm
Hello, does someone have an idea what is wrong with my little sweety?

We noticed she got a tumor like node at the side of her foot and the toe next to it seems broken.

Please some feedback about how to help her.

 

[SulkyBantam]

@azygous @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[azygous]

A photo would be helpful.

 

[mellinda]

In the link in the first post you can find the photo. Its normally under her skin and yellow like her paw- now black from soil-. The photo isn't clear but we cant hold her long to take another one.
You can see her Holding her toe entirely down while stretching the others. Also when carrying her she doesnt move it...

Will try to take another picture tomorrow.

https://postimg.cc/JDVXKMcm

 

[azygous]

You can post directly to your thread by clicking on "attach files" which takes you to your computer files. Select the file with the photos, select the photos you want to post, and click "open". That transfers the photos to your thread. Click on "insert", select "full size" and then "post reply". That will allow us to zoom in and we don't need to go elsewhere to view the photos.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I can't really tell from the pic, but I know that my Cochin gets mud caked in those feathery feeties. I also know that the feather shafts can get irritated and swollen when new feathers come in. They swell up and look like weird, fleshy nodules on the side of her foot.

Idk if that's what you're seeing, though...

 

[mellinda]

Really hoping it's only the feather shafts. It isn't a mud clump sadly and it has grown twice the size.

Indeed swollen but not warm.
Any Idea what to do with the Broken toe? Any use we try to set it or tape it?

 

[azygous]

Try posting photos here. Click on "Attach files" first and it will open you computer files. Then click on "Insert", then under that, you will see full size". Select that and it will allow us to zoom in on detail.

To take a better photo of a lesion on a heavily feathered area, wet the feathers and smooth them away from what you want us to see. Give us a closeup as well as an overall shot for context ( shows the object in relation to the rest of the body so we know where it is on the chicken and how large it is.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I'll add that your pics are good, but I can't tell exactly what part you're concerned about. I know it's frustrating to try and take pics of a chicken's feet. @azygous and I really want to help, but we really can't see what you're seeing.

Does the bulbous thing hurt her?

I have one who had a toe broken, but it was before I acquired her. It seems to gave healed more or less, but very crooked. I don't really know what to do for broken toes.

 

[azygous]

I agree. I really want to help, but I can't make out what's going on in your photos. It's not your fault. Feathers get in the way in a lot of these attempts to photograph an injury. That's why I suggested wetting the feathers so they can be easily pushed away from the lump on the foot you're trying to show us.

If this hurts the chicken, she will be pecking at it. That's what chickens do to pain on their feet and legs. If the pain is on their head region, they scratch it with a foot. Chickens literally "point" to where their pain is. If the chicken isn't pecking at this lesion, it likely is harmless.