Hen with swollen cheek on one side

[LeslieFL]

This is my Easter Egger, Bunny. She has had this lump on her face for 2-3 days now. We think it got bigger since yesterday.

I just put some bacitracin on it, as I think I see a tiny puncture. It’s not bleeding. Could be a bee sting or maybe she got pecked and it’s infected. Not sure.

What do you think are next steps?

 

[casportpony]

What does the inside of her mouth look like?

 

[LeslieFL]

I never would’ve thought to look in her mouths. It looks awful.

The flock is Mareks positive. I hope it’s not that.

 

[LeslieFL]

Is this canker perhaps? or maybe wet fowl pox?

 

[Eggcessive]

It could possibly be a tumor. How does her beak smell? Canker smells bad, and usually leaves yellow plaques inside the beak, throat and crop. Wet fowl pox can look very similar, but you would have seen some fowl pox scabs during hot mosquito weather.