Lump on EE Hen back

[CherohalaKellie]

Hi all!

I am hoping that someone here will have some idea of how to help my little lady.

She was hatched in April and is an EE hen. She may- or may not- be laying.

Today I was out playing with the hens and noticed that Jezz has a lump on her back. On the left side just after her wingtip. She is walking just fine, eating, clucking, acting happy. I felt the area and it feels hard- about the size of a golfball. She did not seem to be in pain when I was feeling it. She has not lost feathers and there was no open wound.

She seem's fine but I am freaked out! I have minimal experience with chickens and have fallen in love with my small flock of 10.

Please help! Has anyone ever seen this before?

Thanks
Kellie

 

[sourland]

Do you have a rooster? Sometimes healing lesions from rooster damage become hard and lumpy. does there appear to be a scab or necrotic tissue?

 

[Eggcessive]

It could be an abscess or a tumor. Pictures always help if you can get one? Did she have a Mareks vaccination? Chickens can get abscesses from a scrape or peck wound that gets infected, and cancers are very common , especially with Mareks disease.

 

[CherohalaKellie]

No Rooster here, so no chance of Rooster Damage.

I am guessing that Tumor = put down or should I just let her live out her life? She doesn't appear to be in pain... Ill try to get a picture- but it just looks like her feathers are buldging up.

Thanks all for your help. I'm all upset here about this.

 

[sourland]

If she is eating, drinking and in apparent good health otherwise, there is absolutely no reason to cull her.

 

[Eggcessive]

If she is eating, drinking and in apparent good health otherwise, there is absolutely no reason to cull her.

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