Hen with abscess on her wings!!!

[dskerns]

My 1year old Silkie hen has gotten huge abscesses on her wings(there’s 3)!!I have no idea what it could be caused by!She is acting normal and broody but it seems like they don’t hurt unless we pick at it!Could y’all please tell me what it is and what to do?Ill post some pictures!!

 

[pekin queen]

@Wyorp Rock @PippinChicken can you help/ do you know any one who could?

 

[dskerns]

I think it’s an ingrown feather!!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you take some photos further away?

I do think you may be right that they are feather cysts.

 

[dskerns]

Can you take some photos further away?

I do think you may be right that they are feather cysts.

If they are feather cysts how can we treat them?She due to have baby’s in about 17 days I couldn’t get a picture of the 3rd onebecause it’s in the bottom of her wing.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

@coach723 @Eggcessive
What do you think? Treat as feather cyst?
She's broody, so likely would be a good patient, but I would also be concerned that they may not heal up well enough in 17 days. She will want to be getting out and about with her chicks.
Not sure if you should work on them now or wait until after the chicks get some age on them..

 

[dskerns]

@coach723 @Eggcessive
What do you think? Treat as feather cyst?
She's broody, so likely would be a good patient, but I would also be concerned that they may not heal up well enough in 17 days. She will want to be getting out and about with her chicks.
Not sure if you should work on them now or wait until after the chicks get some age on them..

This is what we pulled out of the 4th one we found!

 

[coach723]

I can't really tell from the pictures but I would approach them as feather cysts until I found something to tell me otherwise. I would try to soften them up and clean them out. Being on the wings, softening by soaking would probably not be real effective. You could try applying decolorized iodine overnight to see if that softens them up. As to whether to do it now, or wait for the chicks to be older, that's a judgement call, hard to say when I can't observe things. Maybe try one of the cysts, see how that one goes, and then decide if it's prudent to do them now or wait til the babies are older.

 

[dskerns]

I can't really tell from the pictures but I would approach them as feather cysts until I found something to tell me otherwise. I would try to soften them up and clean them out. Being on the wings, softening by soaking would probably not be real effective. You could try applying decolorized iodine overnight to see if that softens them up. As to whether to do it now, or wait for the chicks to be older, that's a judgement call, hard to say when I can't observe things. Maybe try one of the cysts, see how that one goes, and then decide if it's prudent to do them now or wait til the babies are older.

We did the one that was crusted over and the infection runs really deep and she stared acting like it was hurting really bad so we stopped and put some chicken antibiotic spray on it.I think we’re gonna try to take her to the vet so Mabye they can give her something so it doesn’t hurt so bad cause theirs another one worse than the one we just did.She is still acting fine and excited to be laying in her eggs so I think we’re gonna do it now so she’ll be ready to be a momma!!!Thank you so much!!

 

[coach723]

Glad you have a vet that is willing to treat her. Best of luck with your hatch.