emergency question

[sera phine]

easter egger with golf ball size hard as rock growth DIRECLTY BELOW her bottom beak. Eating, drinking, free-ranging normally? HELP ASAP!

 

[Fluffs_flock]

How long has it been there?

 

[tripletfeb]

Has she been laying?

 

[sera phine]

How long has it been there?

I noticed something amiss yesterday, thinking she was starting a winter molt. Examined her this afternoon...

 

[sera phine]

Has she been laying?

she stopped laying about a year ago... she's not young anymore (about 7 yrs)

 

[sera phine]

Is there somewhere I can research?

 

[tripletfeb]

I can tag some people for you. Please give them time to respond. @Wyorp Rock @aart Hope I tagged the right peeps, I don't usually tag anyone!

 

[MissE]

Do you see any sign of a puncture wound? Wondering if it is an abscess. She may have been bitten by something or poked with a piece of wire or a nail. Had to deal with a couple with cats. Nothing at night to baseball size yuck in the morning.

 

[sera phine]

Do you see any sign of a puncture wound? Wondering if it is an abscess. She may have been bitten by something or poked with a piece of wire or a nail. Had to deal with a couple with cats. Nothing at night to baseball size yuck in the morning.

As the growth is hard as a rock... golf ball, it does not seem to be what i would id as an abscess. there's not one soft area at all. I will check here out in the morning to see if the size has changed. Other than the growth, she seems normal.- - - I just looked at my pictures and isn't her comb rather strange too? She has a good weight on her.

 

[sera phine]

I can tag some people for you. Please give them time to respond. @Wyorp Rock @aart Hope I tagged the right peeps, I don't usually tag anyone!

With COVID I can't ready afford a vet for her besides the nearest bird vet is about 17 miles down the freeway.