what is Clotile?!

[YolandaT]

We got her from a farmer, thinking she was a silver laced wyandotte. Well she's clearly not that but - what is she?!
Also, is that lump on her neck normal for her breed?
Thanks!

 

[speckledhen]

Is that just a beard or an actual lump under the skin? If she has a beard, she is a cross between a barred rooster and probably an Easter Egger hen. If a lump, that isn't right for any chicken breed.

 

[YolandaT]

She is the most scaredy-cat chicken ever, I can never get close to her. I always thought it was a lump but will make an effort to catch her to feel it to see if its just a beard. Thanks!

 

[KIDDSBANTAMS]

She looks like my Barred Rock minus the lump, maybe she has something wrong with her.

 

[YolandaT]

Good call, speckledhen! Just went out to feel her - and that lump is ALL feathers! I didn't know EE had beards, I never wouldve guessed. Thanks!
Now I know what she is, and that she's okay. Yippee!

 

[dolly85]

That "lump" is normal if the crop is really full.

 

[drumstick diva]

Thank goodness, I thought she might have goiter or the mumps or something

 

[hinkjc]

The crop is much lower on the chest than that. That is not a crop lump. It looks like it is filled with air. Does it feel like an airy bubble? It doens't appear to be a beard either. If it's air, she may have a ruptured air sac.

 

[speckledhen]

It really does look more like a lump to me in the pic, and as Jody said, it could be a ruptured air sac. I've seen ingrown feathers cause lumps, but nothing as huge as that looks to be.