Hen with Two Bumps on Face

[K-12 Chickens]

About yesterday or the day before, I noticed one of my Buff Orpington hens has a small bump on the rim of one of her eyes and a larger, scabby bump between the same eye and her beak. A few days before this, she had a scabby bump on her back, where new feathers are growing in from a recent molt. I applied some coconut oil to the bump and it appears to have went away. Now these new bumps have showed up on her face and I'm at a loss as to what is causing them. We seem to have had a mosquito outbreak within the past two weeks, but I don't think the bumps would be mosquito bites. The hen is acting perfectly normal otherwise: eating, drinking, foraging, etc.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

You have a beautiful hen. I'm curious to see what kinds of things people come up with. We have tons of mosquitios, but I've never seen any bumps.

 

[K-12 Chickens]

Now the bump on her eye has grown to cover almost half of her eye, but she is still eating, drinking, etc.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Is there any puss or other drainage? Or is it hard like a scab? Have you tried any antibiotics or antibiotic ointment?

 

[K-12 Chickens]

The first time I felt the bumps, they appeared hard. I don't see anything draining from the bumps, but the one close to her beak is scabby, while the one on her eye is smooth. I have not given her antibiotics yet.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

It's good she's still eating and drinking. Do any other chickens have bumps? I wonder if it could be a reaction to bug bites and if maybe even neosporin would help.

 

[welasharon]

I had some chickens get a form of fowl pox that made hard bumps in their heads and beaks. It was very very hard and if it came off there was a hole under it. I left them alone after that and when they fell off it was healed underneath. Mine had dark colored bumps...your chicken's looks a bit purple?

 

[K-12 Chickens]

None of my other chickens have bumps, as far as I can tell. I haven't seen any more bumps appear on her face so far, so hopefully that's a good sign. Her bumps aren't dark-colored or purple except for the scab on the bump near her beak.

 

[K-12 Chickens]

Just wanted to update, the hen's bump on her eye has grown smaller. I applied a good layer of coconut oil to it and that seemed to help.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

I'm glad to hear it's going down