Chick with a bump on chest/shoulder??

[BaileyMChicks]

Hi I have 3 chicks that my hen hatched out. They are 10 or 11 days old. All 3 of the eggs were in the refrigerator before I let my hen sit on them. I would normally use fresh eggs but the hen I wanted to hatch eggs from was the broody one lol so I saved her eggs and let her sit on them. Anyways one if her chicks(cuz one is from another hen) has a large bump on her upper chest/inner shoulder area. It is kinda clear, and I can see yellow-ish things? in it. She is acting fine and everything, but I'm worried. It feels hard, but not super hard, like a rock..kind of like cartalidge(I know I spelled it wrong sorry). I compared it to her sister's chest and it feels the same on both, except on beth(the chick with the lump is Sophia and her sis is Beth) it's not a huge lump, it looks like it normally would on a chick. I'm just confused ad to what it could be.. I thought it was her crop but it's been there for a few days and hasn't gone down yet...the chick feed is rather large, but we couldn't get the stuff we normally would. They have access to chick feed and water 24/7 and occasionally go outside and eat grass and small pieces of cracked corn. They have access to baby grit too. I'm just worried its a tumor or something and she's gunna die cuz I don't know what to do. And I can't take away the food tonight because I don't have time to put it back in the morning because I have to go to school and I don't get home til 4...I just don't know what to do...

 

[BaileyMChicks]

I forgot to add that I will get pics tomorrow hopefully. I will show the two chicks that are legit siblings. Sophia is the one with the weird bump and Beth is her sibling who does not have the bump. And they are both acting just as hyper as ever. Thanks in advance

 

[trailrider330]

Welcome to the BYC flock! We are glad you joined us!

Once you have some pictures available you might want to try posting on this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures and see if anyone there has any ideas what this could be and how to treat it. Good luck!

 

[drumstick diva]

Waiting for your photos. Puzzled about her bump, is this different than her "crop?"

 

[BaileyMChicks]

  Waiting for your photos.  Puzzled about her bump,  is this different than her "crop?"

Yes I believe it is, but I'm a bit new to chickens, and this is only the third time I've let my hen hatch chicks..and this has never happened before. And hopefully pics will be up at around 4 today

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us! Your birds may have Roach Back, which is a genetic defect.

 

[BaileyMChicks]

Hi I went and took pictures of Sophia, and the bump looks the same but when I went to look at the others and get pictures to compare, it looked like they had it too...so I don't know if it is actually the crop and I'm just worrying too much. On the other two it was much less noticeable. I didn't get pictures of Beth and Noah but as I said I did get pictures of Sophia(the chick I was worried about). Sorry if I'm being too repetitive, I'm just trying to make sure everyone understands what I'm saying ok...

Pics

And this is one not so good pic of her sister Beth. If you want to see better pics of the other 2(or Sophia) just let me know and I will take some tomorrow after school.

I know it doesn't show it very well but I can see it if she moves her neck a certain way as with Noah..and I'm just concerned. They're all acting just fine though...I'm really hoping I'm just being stupid and too worry some and it's just their crops lol

 

[BaileyMChicks]

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Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us! Your birds may have Roach Back, which is a genetic defect.

Hi thanks for the suggestion. I just googled it and looked at threads about it here, and i dont think it's what they have. It's not on their back area, it's more by their upper chest. The more I think about it, I'm starting to think its their crop and I'm just being too cautious...sorry..

 

[BaileyMChicks]

I forgot to mention that with the pics of Sophia it was more noticeable than it really is, because of how she positioned herself in my hand and because I moved some of her down out of the way to show it better just thought I'd mention that