metarachel
Chirping
I have a 5 year old golden comet with a very strange growth on her neck. It might've been there for some time, but it was under her feathers and I didn't notice until recently. It's fleshy and feels firm, but it's kind of like a giant skin tag in that it's not growing under her skin but rather FROM it. It's about1.5 inches long and maybe 3/4 of an inch wide and 1/4 inch deep, and there's what looks like some necrosis at the tip and--more worryingly--also on the skin around where the growth is coming from. I don't see any signs of infection, but I've treated it with cream just in case. The weirdest thing is those black dots you see in the photo? Are pin feathers! (She's going through a molt right now.)
She doesn't appear to be in any distress, and didn't mind me touching the area gently. Her appetite and her curiosity are as strong as ever, given how unfathomably old she is for a production hen. The other girls don't pick on her at all, but she does free range, so it is possible that the wound at the tip of the growth came from some kind of animal encounter or accident in her environment.
Has anyone seen anything like this before? Not sure what to do. Thank you!
She doesn't appear to be in any distress, and didn't mind me touching the area gently. Her appetite and her curiosity are as strong as ever, given how unfathomably old she is for a production hen. The other girls don't pick on her at all, but she does free range, so it is possible that the wound at the tip of the growth came from some kind of animal encounter or accident in her environment.
Has anyone seen anything like this before? Not sure what to do. Thank you!