Help. Chick with white lump in throat. Wont eat.

[Tiffy316]

One of my chicks has a lump in her throat. After shining a flashlight down her open mouth, I spotted a big white lump in the area where I felt it. She doesn't have a foul smell on her breath. Just the white lump. She also doesn't have much of an appetite. What is this and how can I treat it?

 

[nuthatched]

can you get pictures?

 

[Tiffy316]

Not any decent ones

 

[Tiffy316]

It's a little white lump in her throat. I have to get it at a certain angle with a flashlight and it's next to impossible to get with a phone camera.

 

[Tiffy316]

She's not eating and I can feel it. It feels like it's in the chin/throat area.

 

[AnamGulzar]

I think thats fungal infection

 

[Tiffy316]

Ok, so what do I do?

 

[AnamGulzar]

Try crushed garlic in water

 

[The chicken Hatcher]

I'm pretty sure garlic is toxic to chickens hold on.

 

[The chicken Hatcher]

Garlic can be added to your chickens' diet in a couple of different ways. You can float whole cloves in your waterer (mashed up a bit), replacing them every few days. You can offer crushed fresh cloves in a small dish free-choice. Or you can add garlic powder to their feed.

You may see articles saying that, because it's part of the onion family, garlic is poisonous to chickens. Not so. The make-up of garlic is entirely different and the element that causes issues in onions - thiosulphate - is present only in tiny quantities in garlic.
I was wrong go on ahead.