Help, my baby chicken has a lump on her beak.

[Flyingmidget]

She is a baby hen and she has had that lump for a couple days now, but today she just had started feeling sick. She isn’t playing in the coop as usual, she is just sitting down with her feathers fluffed up. If anyone knows how to treat this please let me know, thank you!

 

[MysteryChicken]

How does the inside of her mouth look?

 

[Flyingmidget]

How does the inside of her mouth look?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm not totally sure what this is.

@Eggcessive
@Wyorp Rock
@azygous

 

[Banana01]

Damn fowl pox, it is sometimes one of the saddest things i see happen to my chicks especially during the right season from mosquitos spreading it. What season are you in now? Just curious.

You are at the mercy of how it decides to spread on your chick. But it is viral so you just have to wait and hope it scabs up and goes away. I have read of antiviral or antiinflammatory medicines helping but still searching for a cure.

I apply coconut oil to the wounds sometimes, but mainly just pray it doesnt swell up and seal their mouth or throat shut. I have seen it spread to where the entire chicks head is covered both eyes and mouth sealed shut. There comes a time where i have had to end their misery when they can no longer eat. Otherwise, a lot of times the pox heal and go away forever too. Ive also had really ugly cases where a chicken might be with one eye shut for a few days, and the mouth halfway stuck, but the chick survives.

Your chick looks like a severe case is potentially possible, but right now it is not too severe yet. Lots of severe cases start with a pox in that spot since it is in the mouth. But the good news is that it is quite scabby already. I always am picking the pox scabs off them as soon as possible to expose the tissue underneath to heal faster. Once it scabs is usually means it is slowing down the spreading, but not always as more can pop up.

Hope you hear some better medicines to apply.

Here is a random google result that has some decent information.
https://avianvets.org/fowl-pox-signs-symptoms-and-treatment/

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is there a bad odor?
If not, then I would agree that it's Fowl Pox.
Don't pick the scabs, this will cause it to spread. You can apply Iodine to the scab to see if that helps it dry up, but the virus will have to run it's course.

Work on hydrating her and see if she will eat a wet soupy mash.

 

[azygous]

Yeah, I agree with @Banana01 it's likely fowl pox. If you have mosquitoes, it's even more likely it's pox.

The good news is, it won't last forever, but the bad news is there's no real cure, so it has to heal on its own.

 

[Banana01]

She is a baby hen and she has had that lump for a couple days now, but today she just had started feeling sick. She isn’t playing in the coop as usual, she is just sitting down with her feathers fluffed up. If anyone knows how to treat this please let me know, thank you!

Yea dont pick the scabs until they fall off on their own like @Wyorp Rock said. If you have iodine too the link in my post recommended it in the water, probably to disinfect.

Being inside her mouth too, i would not expect her to be energetic or eat much during the day, but she will probably fill her crop just before bedtime and go to her bed on her own.

I let them spend their final days with their brothers and sisters until they cant function anymore in the terminal cases, but it may be a good idea to isolate her too. Good luck, hope you can update with her progress.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yea dont pick the scabs until they fall off on their own like @Wyorp Rock said. If you have iodine too the link in my post recommended it in the water, probably to disinfect.

Being inside her mouth too, i would not expect her to be energetic or eat much during the day, but she will probably fill her crop just before bedtime and go to her bed on her own.

I let them spend their final days with their brothers and sisters until they cant function anymore in the terminal cases, but it may be a good idea to isolate her too. Good luck, hope you can update with her progress.

You are correct, some put Iodine in the water to sanitize it to help reduce the spread among the flock since it can be spread through shared water stations.