- Jan 24, 2018
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ok so fair warning quite the long post butvhere wa lots to explain!..ok so I was checking my hens crop due to her having a potentially doughy crop afer a 21 day antibiotic treatment for a chronic respiratory illness for which she's doing better with now,I treated her with a spice mix @TwoCrows had on an article for crop issues,that seemed to help but then the doughy mass came back so I'm now treating her with Acidified Copper Sulfate that she recommends in the article as well at the moment for the potential doughy yeasty crop.ive been hearing unusual gurgles / squeaks and digestive sounds from her everyday for probably about a month & a half now(sounds like the noises our stomach make while digesting)tried ACV/probiotics for two weeks but it didn't seem to do the trick cause the doughy mass came back.sgevhas lost weight during all of thos.i should also mention that about a month and a half ago she lost her life partner of like 10 yrs,they were INCREDIBLY bonded but since then I got her a new 8 yr old hen friend and there starting to get along much better,still have them separated with a divider though while I finish both my old hen (momma);& my new hen(Franny the granny) medical treatments.. so I decided to check her(momma) keel and noticed on the left hand side next to her left leg right behind her leg, like between her leg and vent but right behind her leg pretty much/somewhat under her leg in her abdomen area but to the left side of her keel but more towards her leg where it meets the joint she had like a hard ballish kinda like lump and it seems like maybe a lump that was smaller next to it but as I was feeling it I think it kinda seemed to change shape a little bit and flatten out/kinda got allongated yet it was still like raised up but I can't say for sure if it changed shape or not?she didn't like me messing with it at first, she really didn't like it but then as I was messing with it further she didn't seem to fuss so much I think she was just being fussy at first cuz she didn't like me messing around in her back that area cuz then as I was examining her and messing with it more she didn't seem to fuss at all really so I don't think that it was painful, at first I thought it was painful cuz she fussed so much but as I was examining like I said she stopped fussing so that makes me think it's not painful..then awhile later I checked her over again and it was still there,I would say about the same spot,right before where her left leg meet her belly/abdomen,somewhat below her leg towards her chest and behind her leg towards her vent area but doesn't go all the way back to her vent,it seemed to be hard and it's about I'd say close to an inch long,I'd say it's yeah kinda long and cylindrical yet kinda bally,at one point I felt like it was one solid ball & then at another it felt like a coupe side by side but it's definitely elongated rather than just a round solid ball shape.it seems to feel hard to the touch but I didn't want to press too hard &hurt her,she seemed more sensitive to me touching it this time,didn't seem as fussy with me touching the right compared to me touching this spot on the left so Im now wondering if it's painful for her,wondering if it could be some backed up feed in her small intestine or main big intestine,seems like it could be either with the placement of it but almost seemed like more like the main big intestine that leads right to the vent but really not sure?I'm wondering if it could be related to the yeast of her potentially doughy crop gumming up everything in her digestive tract maybe?she is passing poop,drinking water,eating and such.was eating crumble most of the day from what I saw when I was in there atleast.also wonder if it could be a cyst or tumors of some sort?I looked at her dbt and there was some pop there but I am treating her with the Acidified Copper Sulfate right now which causes diahrea and suchto kevger ECT looked the normal pinkish somewhat redish color but I did see some white flakiness a bit but could have been poop but not sure,maybe it's parasites of some sort?so I looked at the skin around the spot and around the other side of her body as well to compare,which was difficult cause she didn't want to sit still but it looked about the same to me coloration wise..i am very worried for her,any help is so very much appreciated,thank you
will attach a pic of momma but I don't have one of the lump at the moment plus I don't think it would show in a pic.it seems right under the skin not on the outside of skin..

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