Swelled up scab on waddle - need advice!

[chickpealover]

Hi all! I noticed my sweet speckled Sussex Mimi acting lethargic yesterday. She's still a pullet, around 28 weeks. She may have just started laying, we've gotten our first few eggs in the past week, but I've only seen one of her sisters in the nesting box so I'm not sure if she's joined the party yet. She's still eating and drinking, but laying down a lot throughout the day and closing her eyes. Same issues today, and I noticed she has some kind of growth or scab on her waddle. Has anyone dealt with something like this? I haven't seen any of the other girls pecking at her, so I haven't isolated her yet. I gave oher a syringe of poultry cell and an wondering if I should put some kind of antibiotic on it? Just looking for advice before I fork over money to the vet. Thanks y'all!

 

[thecatumbrella]

Poor thing! That looks so painful. No wonder she's feeling under the weather. I can't tell if it's an infected peck wound/mosquito bite, or some kind of boil/cyst. I personally would bring her into the vet, if only to get the appropriate treatment depending on what's causing that.

Do you have any Vetericyn spray? It's antimicrobial (with no antibiotics) and doesn't sting. That might help hold her over until you're able to get an appointment.

 

[chickpealover]

Poor thing! That looks so painful. No wonder she's feeling under the weather. I can't tell if it's an infected peck wound/mosquito bite, or some kind of boil/cyst. I personally would bring her into the vet, if only to get the appropriate treatment depending on what's causing that.

Do you have any Vetericyn spray? It's antimicrobial (with no antibiotics) and doesn't sting. That might help hold her over until you're able to get an appointment.

Thank you for your response! I think you're right about a vet, I'm working on getting her in somewhere soon, but so far no one I've contacted has appointments available this week . I don't have that spray! I'll look into getting it. I did put some Neosporin on it tonight. Here's hoping it's something simple to treat!

 

[PopoMyers]

It looks like a 'bumblefoot' on her wattle. You could treat it as such. There is probably a pus nodule in there, which needs to be taken out. If you can put a damp, warm compress on it for 15 min., then work around the scab, finally removing it and the underlying infection. She may also have an underlying issue, as bumblefoot doesn't normally cause lethargy.

If you can cover her eyes, and wrap her up, she should relax, then you can treat. I usually flip my girls onto their back for that.
After you remove the pus, rinse out the hole with the antimicrobial spray, and pack with plain antibiotic ointment (WITHOUT lidocaine or pain reliever). a small bandaid will protect it until it heals up.

Is her poop normal? The reason being if they have a worm load, that can cause the lethargy. So can reproductive issues.