Polish chicken

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Hi,
so I have this Polish chicken, she isn't even one year old. Maybe month ago she was outside with other chickens and other chickens pull her feathers of her back. After one or two week she got one big bump on her back and I cleand it and remove the scratch. Whilee i was cleaning this bump I assume that she lost lot of bloood for that little chicken. Can this cause fatige, she moves her wing a lot.(she eats and drinks normal)
 
Can you please post some photos of her and the bump?

What do you feed?

You mention she moves her wings a lot - can you get a video of her movements? Upload video to youtube and provide a link.
She does not have any bump at the moment.
This is the video
and this a photo of bump
 

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Can she see well?

I would provide her with chick starter or an all flock feed (18-20% protein), get some B-Complex and give her 1/4 a day for a couple of weeks. I would also give her 400IU Vitamin E for a week.
Omit most of the scratch she's getting, but make sure she has access to grit.

The bird is crippled it looks like. Marek's disease comes to mind. The bump may have been a feather cyst or related to disease it would be really hard to know. Wing movement would be to try to help her balance.
Her crest may need a trimming too so she can see better.

Check her for lice/mites.
 
Can she see well?

I would provide her with chick starter or an all flock feed (18-20% protein), get some B-Complex and give her 1/4 a day for a couple of weeks. I would also give her 400IU Vitamin E for a week.
Omit most of the scratch she's getting, but make sure she has access to grit.

The bird is crippled it looks like. Marek's disease comes to mind. The bump may have been a feather cyst or related to disease it would be really hard to know. Wing movement would be to try to help her balance.
Her crest may need a trimming too so she can see better.

Check her for lice/mites.
yes she can see well, the bump didn't come just like that, the other hens pull some of her feathers and this bull was formed.
 
she can stand up on her feets and move but she moves around 10 minutes, then she needs a rest
 
She needs extra care. Her feet are not working well. It may be disease or possibly nutritional/vitamin deficiency. Could be genetics/crested bird issue - would be hard to know.

The lump if from picking, then likely it was infected at some point, but if it's all healed up, then that really shouldn't be an issue should it?
 
She needs extra care. Her feet are not working well. It may be disease or possibly nutritional/vitamin deficiency. Could be genetics/crested bird issue - would be hard to know.

The lump if from picking, then likely it was infected at some point, but if it's all healed up, then that really shouldn't be an issue should it?
OK, i will try with vitamins
 

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