Strange growth or scab on hen

[azygous]

I'm in agreement with @MysteryChicken . It looks exactly like a squamous cancer.

But soak her in warm Epsom salts. If the crust dissolves and falls away, it's something else. Squamous cancers won't dissolve or heal. No, there's nothing you can do to treat them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you happen to have a rooster?

 

[menotti]

OK I think we are getting somewhere! We took the girl to the sink and gave her a nice soak and rinse and tried to play with this thing. The closer we looked, the more it reminded us of a chicken poop. Mealy looking, but this one was hard as a rock. The more we rinsed and soaked, it got softer.

After a bit of time, we were able to start pulling it away in chunks! Eventually we were able to remove nearly all of it. Poor skin underneath was raw and irritated. Gave her one more good rinse and applied some spray antiseptic, which we'll continue to do as it heals.

If it doesn't come back, our theory is: we have a couple of roost bars offset from one another, one higher than the other. It is possible she was underneath another hen who dropped one on her square in the wing. It got gunked up in there, and maybe just a little feather growth and sunlight and it hardened together!

We will report back on her healing progress over the next couple of days. Thank you for the help so far!

 

[sourland]

Do you happen to have a rooster?

? another possibility is rooster mating damage.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

OK I think we are getting somewhere! We took the girl to the sink and gave her a nice soak and rinse and tried to play with this thing. The closer we looked, the more it reminded us of a chicken poop. Mealy looking, but this one was hard as a rock. The more we rinsed and soaked, it got softer.

After a bit of time, we were able to start pulling it away in chunks! Eventually we were able to remove nearly all of it. Poor skin underneath was raw and irritated. Gave her one more good rinse and applied some spray antiseptic, which we'll continue to do as it heals.

If it doesn't come back, our theory is: we have a couple of roost bars offset from one another, one higher than the other. It is possible she was underneath another hen who dropped one on her square in the wing. It got gunked up in there, and maybe just a little feather growth and sunlight and it hardened together!

We will report back on her healing progress over the next couple of days. Thank you for the help so far!

That's good news.

Hope she heals quickly!

 

[BEACHFLYER64]

How's She doing. Did it heal up???
My Hen has same hard lump on shoulder.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How's She doing. Did it heal up???
My Hen has same hard lump on shoulder.

Welcome To BYC

@menotti can you give an update on how this turned out?

Last post, the theory was caked on poop which was removed.

@BEACHFLYER64 if you have clear photos of your own bird, we will be happy to take a look at them. Is she acting sick at all?

OK I think we are getting somewhere! We took the girl to the sink and gave her a nice soak and rinse and tried to play with this thing. The closer we looked, the more it reminded us of a chicken poop. Mealy looking, but this one was hard as a rock. The more we rinsed and soaked, it got softer.

After a bit of time, we were able to start pulling it away in chunks! Eventually we were able to remove nearly all of it. Poor skin underneath was raw and irritated. Gave her one more good rinse and applied some spray antiseptic, which we'll continue to do as it heals.

If it doesn't come back, our theory is: we have a couple of roost bars offset from one another, one higher than the other. It is possible she was underneath another hen who dropped one on her square in the wing. It got gunked up in there, and maybe just a little feather growth and sunlight and it hardened together!

We will report back on her healing progress over the next couple of days. Thank you for the help so far!

 

[BEACHFLYER64]

Welcome To BYC

@menotti can you give an update on how this turned out?

Last post, the theory was caked on poop which was removed.

@BEACHFLYER64 if you have clear photos of your own bird, we will be happy to take a look at them. Is she acting sick at all?

I mixed some warm soapywater and poured over her hard lump. It slowly loosened up and pulled off. Size of apawing golf ball of scablike material.
Was raw under but not infected. I cleaned up wound and put her inside.
She's seems to be doing well. She is a rescue chicken from friends backyard.
Still sleeps inside with me after 2years.
She had a hurt wing as a chick from cats paying at her before I rescued. This is where scab formed.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I mixed some warm soapywater and poured over her hard lump. It slowly loosened up and pulled off. Size of apawing golf ball of scablike material.
Was raw under but not infected. I cleaned up wound and put her inside.
She's seems to be doing well. She is a rescue chicken from friends backyard.
Still sleeps inside with me after 2years.
She had a hurt wing as a chick from cats paying at her before I rescued. This is where scab formed. View attachment 3636778

I'm glad you were able to get the scabs off, it may have been a feather cyst, hard to know.
Hopefully with care, cleaning and monitoring it will heal up o.k.