Found a very large lump on a family member's Polish rooster. I cleaned away the scab and feathers but I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at or what the next steps would be... does this look like an abcess?
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It's hard but I wouldn't say rock solid. I haven't done anything more than clean up the scab cause it kept bleeding.Is it squishy or hard? If you give it a squeeze done anything come out of an opening?
Honestly looks more like a tumor to me, in which case you can't do much. At the very least I'd keep it clean and apply some sort of wound spray on it and make sure no maggots start popping up.
There may have been but this isn't my chicken, the most I've done with them is lock up at night every now and then. He is the only rooster and is only with Polish hens.Could there have been some pecking to the rooster’s back by flock members. It does look bulbous, so an ingrown feather cyst, a skin cancer may be a possibility. If it grows larger and develops a crater on top, that can be squamous cell cancer. Ingrown feather cysts can come in groups and there may be pus and ingrown feathers inside when explored. Feather picking can injure the skin and cause swelling and infection.