Chicken has lump on her beak

Megan27104

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One of my hens has a lump that has grown since I first looked at it. She doesn’t seem to be in any pain but I’m just very worried and want it to stop getting larger before it leads to something bad. Any advice on what to do? None of my other chickens have it she is the only one.
 

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This may be canker. The treatment is metronidazole 250mg. It can be purchased online as "Fishzole." Dosage is one 250mg tablet given orally once a day for 5 days. Canker is transmitted through drinking from waterers/feeders that may have been visited by wild birds. You can control it with copper sulfate. Dosage is 1/8 teaspoon per gallon of water 3 days straight once every month.
 
This may be canker. The treatment is metronidazole 250mg. It can be purchased online as "Fishzole." Dosage is one 250mg tablet given orally once a day for 5 days. Canker is transmitted through drinking from waterers/feeders that may have been visited by wild birds. You can control it with copper sulfate. Dosage is 1/8 teaspoon per gallon of water 3 days straight once every month.
Thank you so much will try this! :)
 
Do you see any yellow material or gunk just inside the beak on the same side? How does her beak smell—rotten or normal? Here is some info about canker:
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/canker
I got better pictures today whenever I touch it she pulls back so I think it hurts her her beak doesn’t smell at all I can’t open her beak long enough to take a picture
 

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