Olive Egger not getting better-maybe a tumor?? HELP!! [Graphic Pic]

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

Hi guys, I have a sweet blue olive egger that's not doing so well.

I picked her up last week and noticed that she had a mass on the edge of her wing. You couldn't see it at all, just happened to feel it.

Thought it might be an infected feather shaft and pulled out the feather in the middle of the mess, but couldn't find any of the cottage cheesy infection goo normally present with chicken abscesses.

I've done a little bit of cutting in to the mass to see if I could find the source, but nothing. It just seems to bleed and is rather firm. I've had her on Duramycin for the last week, isolated and have been continually cleaning the area and putting on antibiotic and bluekote, but it's just not getting any better. At all.

Her appetite is good, color is ok, not great, but ok and when I've let her out of the sick coop for a couple hours of sunshine, she heads straight to the dust bath.

I'm starting to wonder if this might be a tumor. It has a hard scab on top, which I've tried to remove, but that just causes a lot of bleeding.

The pictures seem to make it look smaller then it actually is. Anybody have ideas? Stronger antibiotic ideas? Should I cut directly in to it?

She is a real sweet girl, one of my very favorites.

Such a pretty girl, an earlier healthy picture of her.

 

[Miss Lydia]

what a beautiful hen, sorry she's under the weather. Do you think it could be an abscess? Is it draining? you might want to open it up to get it to drain out any infection then pack it good with neosporin and maybe keep it bandaged for a couple of days to keep it clean. if you think its an infection she might should have oral antibiotics for some time too. not sure what to do for a tumor.

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

Hi Lydia!

An abscess was my original thought, but I can't find any source of infection and when I cut into it, it just bleeds, no infected goo. Granted, I haven't really cut in that far. I'm thinking I might need to try that, but I don't want to weaken her too much. I've had her on Duramycin antibiotics for a week, it's just not getting any better. Just don't know what else to do for her.

 

[dawg53]

Could a rooster have punctured/scratched her with a toenail and caused a deep infection? Then healing causing the scab? If so, I'd keep up with the blu kote and neosporin and watch and see if it spreads or grows. If it's healing, it should start shrinking albeit slowly. I dont recommend stronger antibiotics just yet. Try giving it a few days and monitor growth or shrinkage. If it expands, you might have to cut deeper, then squeeze hard...flush with betadine then pack with neosporin. Since the temps are going up, you'll want to keep the wound/tumor free from flies laying eggs on it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think what dawg said is true if it's slowly healing then what you've been doing is the right course of action. Hopefully with continued treatment she'll show signs of improvement.. if it should start to get hot and start smelling then bring in the big guns as far as antibiotics go or vet care. when giving duramycin is it a 7 or 14 day treatment. if 7 and you haven't seen improvement then I'd try something stronger. I am not that familiar with antibiotics haven't had to use any yet so don't know what to recommend for her.. Sure hope someone else has something that could help more. [advise] have you trimmed around the area good so air can get to it? and looks like your using the bluekote so that good.

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