My Chickens underside is turning into stone

[Erinf1989]

Ms Frizzle is the small black chicken that is having the issues. We also have ducks and a cat who thinks he’s one of the girls . We have 7 chickens and three ducks

 

[Acre4Me]

Our large BJG had something similar. We have laddder style roosts, and had the 2x4 roosts turned wide side up. This was a mistake. The keel bone of the BJG rubbed against the wide roost (and in winter they are on the roosts more hours of the day) and the feather/skin/keel bone/roost bar interaction caused a breast blister. Then puss entered the scene. Chicken puss is like yellow firm cottage cheese. It is not thick and runny like you might think.

So we discovered the breast blister. And posted on here to get some advice. You can search my posts from Jan 2019 to find it in the emergency forum.

we soaked it daily in a warm epsom salt bath in the utility sink. Big rooster needed a deep big sink. After we soaked him daily for 15-20 min, we dried him applied Neosporin ointment, applied a gauze pad, and black vet wrap (he was a black rooster). After a few days it softened we could remove the scabs. We did have to use a scalpel to make a small opening and squeeze out some of the puss. At this point we also used iodine snd sterile contact lens saline to rinse and treat the skin. More ointment, gauze, vet wrap.

we treated him for several weeks. It got all better!

We moved all roosts to narrow side up (except the bottom one bc no one sleeps there). Never a problem since.

my guess is that even though your chicken isn’t as large as our BJG, the frizzle feathers may have added to this occurrence bc of their shape/type.

good luck!

 

[Eggcessive]

The picture looks like an ingrown feather cyst.

 

[coach723]

Can you post some pictures of the bird itself, the area that is having the issue?
Some birds don't like ladders, but will use a ramp. Some like neither and prefer something they can use more like steps, like stacked haybales, etc.

 

[Erinf1989]

Can you post some pictures of the bird itself, the area that is having the issue?
Some birds don't like ladders, but will use a ramp. Some like neither and prefer something they can use more like steps, like stacked haybales, etc.

We managed to get more of those clumps off, underneath are open sores. It’s hard to get a picture of it. We got disinfectant spray and are removing the huge clumps of old puss and then cleaning the wounds in hopes they heal.

 

[Eggcessive]

Pictures of what is seen may help. Here is some reading about ingrown feather cysts:
https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feather-cysts-in-birds

https://www.beautyofbirds.com/feathercysts.html