Lump on bantam rooster

[Weeg]

It's not possible to tell by just looking at it. Even my dermatologist, whose retirement fund I'm subsidizing by my sun ravaged skin, needs to send a piece of my hide to the lab to tell if it's cancer, which it often is.

Tumors should be left alone and just watched. Trying to do anything yourself can make matters worse. Very often, a tumor is benign and a chicken can live with it without any assaults on quality of life for many many years.

Good to know, thank you! This is great info. We'll keep an eye on it. Hopefully we wont see any symptoms anytime soon.

 

[Weeg]

UPDATE: I got a better look at the lump today, and to be clearer, its actually right on the side of this tail. We also noticed that there was an identical lump on the other side of this tail. You can see the edges of each lump on either side of the tail. Not quite as large or protrusive as it looks in the first photo. Tell me what you think.

 

[azygous]

When posting photos, click "select" then click the "full size" so we can zoom in to see more detail.

It's very interesting that there is a matching lump. Symmetry points to an organic origin. Can you stand him up and take some more photos at a right angle to his back? Take a full body shot and then while he's in the same position, take a closeup.

We need to see exactly where these lumps are so we can see how they might relate to his anatomy and inner organs.

Are they very hard? Or soft like there's air in them?

 

[azygous]

Take a look at this article about rooster reproductive organs. https://bitchinchickens.com/2020/04/02/rooster-naughty-bits-explained/

I wonder if your rooster's testes are erupting or if that's even a possibility. @Shadrach @dawg53 is it possible?

 

[Weeg]

When posting photos, click "select" then click the "full size" so we can zoom in to see more detail.

It's very interesting that there is a matching lump. Symmetry points to an organic origin. Can you stand him up and take some more photos at a right angle to his back? Take a full body shot and then while he's in the same position, take a closeup.

We need to see exactly where these lumps are so we can see how they might relate to his anatomy and inner organs.

Are they very hard? Or soft like there's air in them?

Got it, I uploaded them from a message so thats probably why. I'll try again.

I'll see if she can get those photos. Assuming we need to part the feathers around the lumps when showing him standing?

Its odd. They're hard, not soft, but maybe not as protrusive as I thought? It does't feel like its really full of anything. Maybe I can get a photo of it from the side.

 

[Weeg]

Take a look at this article about rooster reproductive organs. https://bitchinchickens.com/2020/04/02/rooster-naughty-bits-explained/

I wonder if your rooster's testes are erupting or if that's even a possibility. @Shadrach @dawg53 is it possible?

Interesting. We finally got a fertile egg the other day, but I think its from a hen inseminated with a different rooster. Concerned he might be infertile, would that make a difference in the diagnosis?

 

[azygous]

My theory may be totally whacko and out in the weeds. The symmetry of his lumps and the location is weird. It's coincidental that the lumps are in the general location of a rooster's testes. However, I have no idea how they could erupt through the skin and appear exposed like this. I can't find anything while searching that would support my theory.

Of course, if his testes have enlarged and are now exposed, it's very doubtful he would still be able to fertilize eggs. Have you seen him mounting any hens in the last few days? If you do, and you can inspect the yolks of the hens he's recently mated with, if the yolks show no "bulls eye", that would lend support to this wild theory of mine.

 

[Weeg]

Of course, if his testes have enlarged and are now exposed, it's very doubtful he would still be able to fertilize eggs. Have you seen him mounting any hens in the last few days? If you do, and you can inspect the yolks of the hens he's recently mated with, if the yolks show no "bulls eye", that would lend support to this wild theory of mine.

We have actually had him separated in a pen with other roosters since he's the same rooster we were using for the bantam EE breeding project. Him and his brother. We've done AI several times (since him or his brother were never able to fertilize the EE naturally in the past ) but we haven't gotten any fertility from him. A hen we inseminated with his brother just started laying, and her eggs are fertile. So all of the eggs from his hen as been infertile.
Hope that helps!

 

[Shadrach]

Take a look at this article about rooster reproductive organs. https://bitchinchickens.com/2020/04/02/rooster-naughty-bits-explained/

I wonder if your rooster's testes are erupting or if that's even a possibility. @Shadrach @dawg53 is it possible?

I can't be of any help I'm afraid. It isn't something I've ever dealt with so I would only be guessing.

 

[LaFleche]

Is this bantam rooster a Silkie or Silkie mix?

Are these two identical tumorlike growths each side of his parsons' nose? If not, This might be a split parsons nose (split by accident or innate).

I would leave it alone and wait for warmer temperatures for better fertilization.

Due to their shorter legs bantams are even closer to the frozen ground than standard size roosters, and it is a well-known fact that roosters in general need much more warmth, sunlight and vitamin E for proper sperm development than hens for their ovulation.