Rooster neck growth?

[Chickiedoodle99]

What am I looking at here? Could this be an injury related to using a no crow collar or is this typical rooster anatomy? Follicles are very squishy. It’s almost like a rope going down the back of his neck.

Located in Texas, golden neck D’uccle rooster, 5 months old, seems otherwise healthy and happy, have not noticed the issue on any of my hens.

(Entire flock is recovering from avian pox. This guy appeared to only have dry pox and all blisters are fully healed.)

 

[Eggcessive]

You could look up ingrown feather cysts. Sometimes pox can cause lesions on feathered areas.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What am I looking at here? Could this be an injury related to using a no crow collar or is this typical rooster anatomy? Follicles are very squishy. It’s almost like a rope going down the back of his neck.

Located in Texas, golden neck D’uccle rooster, 5 months old, seems otherwise healthy and happy, have not noticed the issue on any of my hens.

(Entire flock is recovering from avian pox. This guy appeared to only have dry pox and all blisters are fully healed.)

You could look up ingrown feather cysts. Sometimes pox can cause lesions on feathered areas.

I agree, I would consider those to be ingrown feather follicles.
Could be due to wearing a no crow collar. I wouldn't put it back on.
Are you allowed to have roosters where you live?

 

[Chickiedoodle99]

I agree, I would consider those to be ingrown feather follicles.
Could be due to wearing a no crow collar. I wouldn't put it back on.
Are you allowed to have roosters where you live?

Aww that’s disappointing. That makes perfect sense, though. Roosters are allowed but the yards here are small so I’ll have to rehome him. It’s not fair to the neighbors. Thanks for the help.

 

[Chickiedoodle99]

Aww that’s disappointing. That makes perfect sense, though. Roosters are allowed but the yards here are small so I’ll have to rehome him. It’s not fair to the neighbors. Thanks for the help.

I really hate to get rid of this sweet guy.. Do you think it’s wrong to try and treat the area and continue using the collar? They’re probably painful, right?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Aww that’s disappointing. That makes perfect sense, though. Roosters are allowed but the yards here are small so I’ll have to rehome him. It’s not fair to the neighbors. Thanks for the help.

I really hate to get rid of this sweet guy.. Do you think it’s wrong to try and treat the area and continue using the collar? They’re probably painful, right?

Well, personally I think the collar caused the problem to begin with - do you think it's right to put it back on?

 

[HappyClucker7]

I agree that it's most likely from the collar.
Before you give him away, maybe you could ask your neighbors if they would mind a rooster crowing?

 

[Chickiedoodle99]

Well, personally I think the collar caused the problem to begin with - do you think it's right to put it back on?

I think improper use of the collar caused it. The problematic follicles are in a perfect stripe up the back of his neck which makes me think his skin must’ve been folded underneath the collar. (Shame on me)

 

[Chickiedoodle99]

I agree that it's most likely from the collar.
Before you give him away, maybe you could ask your neighbors if they would mind a rooster crowing?

All the neighbors say they love it except the one who lives closest to the coop. He gets uncomfortable when I ask and says it’s okay. That’s why I’m tempted to leave it off for a while and let it heal and just make sure it’s on correctly in the future.
But I’ve read that often once they’ve become cystic, the follicles just continue having the same problem unless they’re removed.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

You will need to clean take care of the follicles and let them heal/feathers regrow before putting that collar back on or you are going to have continuous problems.

The bird is not mature so he's still got feathers coming in.

Up to you whether you want to resume using the collar after he heals up. Personally, I would get rid of him or eat him instead of putting a collar on, but that's me.