Lump between waddle and ear.

matheny00

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Jan 13, 2014
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My wife was hanging out with the chickens when one jumped on her lap to get rubbed. In doing so she noticed a hard lump and scratch on the ear and waddle. She thinks it could be a scratch. We are not sure what it is or what we should do. I took s picture to show you
 

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My wife was hanging out with the chickens when one jumped on her lap to get rubbed. In doing so she noticed a hard lump and scratch on the ear and waddle. She thinks it could be a scratch. We are not sure what it is or what we should do. I took s picture to show you
I agree, the Earlobe looks to have a cut, since it's swollen, I'd clean it really well, debriding some of the scab, then apply triple antibiotic ointment. For cleaning, you can use saline, chlorhexidine (Hibiclens), Povidone Iodine, etc.

The scrapes on the Wattle look fairly minor, you can leave it be and it should heal on its own or if you wish, dab a bit of triple antibiotic ointment on that too.

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