Feather follicle cyst on crested duckling?

[Mghnmarie218]

Throwing this out to the community while we wait to make a vet appointment tomorrow.

One of the ducklings we recently brought home is a crested Cayuga (along with two others). She was the only one and we wanted to make sure she has a safe home. They’ve been home for a week and a half.

Today I noticed a bubble? Cyst? Dangly thing? on her crest. It was not there on Friday and I’m wracking my brain about whether I saw it yesterday. She hasn’t had any head trauma as I monitor pretty closely.

Has anyone encountered this before? Could it be a cyst? We plan on taking her to the vet to get it assessed as I worry about it getting pulled on by her brooder-mates.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi!

Sorry nobody saw this in time, but tell us what the vet said or did. I hope she's okay!

I would have guessed it's got something to do with a feather trying to grow out.

 

[Mghnmarie218]

Hi!

Sorry nobody saw this in time, but tell us what the vet said or did. I hope she's okay!

I would have guessed it's got something to do with a feather trying to grow out.

Hi! We took her to a vet that said they see waterfowl but they didn’t seem that way when we were there. I’m actually taking her to a AVA certified vet this morning. Will update today!