HUGE lump on hens right breast side!

[sloedanzin]

OMG! too funny! I had a tiny bit of experience with chickens. I raised some in Los Angeles for my kids to learn more about natural animals. Seeing the inquiry with fear all over it made me smile. Chickens eat and the "raw' food goes into this pouch on the right side of the neck close to the breast. From there it goes into the digestive system slowly where it's ground up with the use of teeny tiny stones that have a name...but it escapes me right now. I gave them heavy sand to eat. Unless you give them Purina medicated scratch n grow which digests without the gravel in their gizzard. There is nothing wrong with that lump.
I started out with some thirty baby chicks in a tall birdcage laid on its back to give them running room. Be careful with dry poop on the anus. wash it off and squeeze the area around the butt to squeeze out any possible butt-plug. OR ELSE they DIE!!!! I then spent around 400 bucks on lumber and chicken wire and made a 4X8 coop and a 12X12 chicken yard. They are the most entertaining hobby I have ever had. I pick 20 eggs a day nad sell them for 2 buck to help subsize the cost of food.
good luck. Enjoy!

 

[speckledhen]

This is a really old thread. Rooster-red is an old hand at chickenkeeping now.

 

[gritsar]

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I'm glad you mentioned that Cyn, cuz I went back and looked at the OP's title three times making sure it was THE RR, but never paid attention to the date.

The funniest one of these I've seen on BYC is the one where the guy described his chicken as having dolly parton syndrome.

 

[silkiechicken]

LOL resurrected from the dead thread!

Glad search function is working well! I had a resurrected thread just last week too from about the same time!

 

[fcoop]

Thank goodness for this thread, my staff came in the other day saying that the chicken has a lump. My first reaction was to come on here. Thank you for all the old posts.

The lump doesnt go down lots, and i have read mixed messages.

My chickens should have food all the time? is this correct? Or do i take it away at night?

They also have grit in a seperate container.
if i take their food away should the lump go down?

Thanks

 

[speckledhen]

My birds have feed 24/7. The crop will go down at night as they sleep and should be diminished in the morning before they start eating again.

 

[fcoop]

yes, today when i got in to work it had gone down and they were back to normal.

Thank you everyone...

 

[Attack Chicken]

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I'm glad you mentioned that Cyn, cuz I went back and looked at the OP's title three times making sure it was THE RR, but never paid attention to the date.

The funniest one of these I've seen on BYC is the one where the guy described his chicken as having dolly parton syndrome.

LOL I did the same thing... I was like it can't be the same person lol until I looked at the date.

 

[OrpingtonHopeful]

I want to thank you for resurrecting this post, because it gives me a bit of faith in myself too- If RR, a chicken genius, started out asking the same questions I am now asking, then I have high hopes about my chicken keeping abilities in a few years

So glad to have found BYC- all you experts have been really kind to this novice and my silly questions!

 

[sammi]

excellent thread for newbies at this time of year..what with lots of people getting chicks..
might help keep the panic down to a dull roar..

just remember that it's always a good idea to keep a regular check on the crops..the sooner you catch a crop problem..the better.
Impaction can happen from several things, but needs to be addressed asap..
crops should be full at roost time
and emptied by morning
check for lumps, grainy feeling, sour odor

if, during the day and a chicken is eating well, and has a huge crop..some hens are just little piggies...

(they don't eat if they are impacted, but sometimes do peck, and look like they're eating, and may drink lots of water.)