weird protrusion on cockerels chest....what is this...(i know what the crop looks like)

[nick bulger]

this is kind of weird looking I haven't seen this on any of my other birds. it looks like a bone sticking out I can move it around with my finger. is this their version of an Adam's apple or is something broken? I took a video but I can't seem to upload because the files too large I'll see what I can do about that.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I can't really tell anything from your pictures, I'm wondering if you are feeling the wishbone? Just a guess though.

 

[nick bulger]

I can't really tell anything from your pictures, I'm wondering if you are feeling the wishbone? Just a guess though.

I think your right. Thank you

 

[azygous]

This is probably what you're dealing with. http://www.poultryworld.net/Breeders/General/2009/11/Rising-pressure-from-air-sacculitis-WP006961W/

 

[nick bulger]

I'm sorry my video you can see it a lot better I can't figure out how to upload it because if the file is too large. he's acting fine it looks just like the end of a wishbone or some other bone just poking out right in the center of his chest I can kind of see it through the skin and wiggle it around my finger. other than that he looks fine everywhere else.

 

[NanaKat]

From what I can see in the photos, you may just have an impacted feather that has not come thru the skin properly. If it gives when you manipulate it with your finger, then the feather is still growing and won't be able to get to the surface without assistance. Use a pair of tweezers or needle nose pliers to try to pluck that feather. If you don't remove it, it will continue to grow. You might have to make a small incision in the skin to help remove it.

 

[nick bulger]

From what I can see in the photos, you may just have an impacted feather that has not come thru the skin properly. If it gives when you manipulate it with your finger, then the feather is still growing and won't be able to get to the surface without assistance. Use a pair of tweezers or needle nose pliers to try to pluck that feather. If you don't remove it, it will continue to grow. You might have to make a small incision in the skin to help remove it.

sowill the feather come all the way out when I pull it or is it just going to come to the surface of the skin and stay in like a normal feather?

 

[azygous]

its going to pop up out of the skin like a jack in the box then it will be a normal feather from then on.

 

[NanaKat]

sowill the feather come all the way out when I pull it or is it just going to come to the surface of the skin and stay in like a normal feather?

You can get the feather to come out of the capsule, it will either come all the way out because the root tip has been damaged, or the feather will look a little crumpled but could remain attached by the root. The feather will eventually molt off like any other feather. If it comes completely out, another will eventually grow back in it's place.

 

[nick bulger]

so I'm guessing I should probably hit it with some blue coat once I'm done with the extraction?