Please help me identify this

[tdjshields]

Hello, I have a chicken who’s waddle has begun getting white discoloration on it. She is around 6 years old and otherwise very healthy. Do any of you know what this is? If so, how can I treat it?

https://imgur.com/a/qmxMNi1

 

[nuthatched]

Does it come off or is it in the skin?

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Are you sure that's the wattle? Looks like the ear lobe to me.

 

[tdjshields]

Does it come off or is it in the skin?

It’s on the skin

 

[tdjshields]

Are you sure that's the wattle? Looks like the ear lobe to me.

You are right, ear lobe.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Sometimes, especially with mixed breed chickens, they get more white as they age. I wouldn't be too worried about it if she otherwise seems normal and it doesn't rub off when you gently rub it.

 

[Eggcessive]

If it is bilateral, it probably is normal white spillage on the ears. It doesn’t look like favus (fungus) to me. That is a white chaulky infection that can spread from the comb and wattles to the face and feathered parts of the head.

 

[tdjshields]

Sometimes, especially with mixed breed chickens, they get more white as they age. I wouldn't be too worried about it if she otherwise seems normal and it doesn't rub off when you gently rub it.

Thank you for your help. I think your right but will keep an eye on it.

 

[tdjshields]

If it is bilateral, it probably is normal white spillage on the ears. It doesn’t look like favus (fungus) to me. That is a white chaulky infection that can spread from the comb and wattles to the face and feathered parts of the head.

Thank you.