Lump in Goose neck

[Browneyedwonder89]

Can anyone help me and tell me what this is?? He’s eating and drinking fine

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Might be an abscess. Is it soft or hard? Is it moveable? Have you checked for a wound?

 

[Goosebaby]

How long has it been there?

 

[PoultrySister]

One of my geese has a hard, irregular lump more than an inch long (sideways) and maybe half that wide -- a few inches down her neck from the gander above, but on her right side as his is. It was not there 35 hours ago. Thoughts? She is not sick -- seems bright-eyed, etc.

 

[jwcarlson]

One of my geese has a hard, irregular lump more than an inch long (sideways) and maybe half that wide -- a few inches down her neck from the gander above, but on her right side as his is. It was not there 35 hours ago. Thoughts? She is not sick -- seems bright-eyed, etc.

If it's brand new, try massaging it down. Our gander had eaten a big chunk of apple from one of my kids and I got ahold of him and just gently squeezed it and it eventually went down. Obviously if it's not moving or feels overly hard you probably don't want to do that.

 

[PoultrySister]

If it's brand new, try massaging it down. Our gander had eaten a big chunk of apple from one of my kids and I got ahold of him and just gently squeezed it and it eventually went down. Obviously if it's not moving or feels overly hard you probably don't want to do that.

Thank you! I did some massaging before I wrote that post (but it didn't move down, just rotated) . . . and the lump was gone the next day! I wonder what he got into?! Thank you.

 

[Goosebaby]

Thank you! I did some massaging before I wrote that post (but it didn't move down, just rotated) . . . and the lump was gone the next day! I wonder what he got into?! Thank you.

Sounds like a spider bite.