What the heck is this

[Gentleman Farmer]

Anybody ever seen this before?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi, welcome to BYC!

Sorry your girl is having trouble. That looks very uncomfortable.

No, I haven't seen that yet either. Hope she feels better.

 

[ChickNanny13]

OMG is there a Vet you can take her/him to? Looks like a huge blood blister or swollen gland? Is it affecting your chicken's daily functions? @Eggcessive @Ravynscroft @Ol Grey Mare @casportpony

 

[ChickenWhispererthe14th]

One of my hens got stung by a bee and her face swelled up, but not quite to that size.

 

[casportpony]

Anybody ever seen this before?

Welcome to BYC! Is it soft or hard?

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC. Hopefully, it is caused by a sting or tickbite, but if it has been there awhile, it might be a tumor. Has it just appeared there today?

 

[Eggcessive]

If it has been there for awhile, it could be a hemangioma, or a birthmark. A hemangioma is a birthmark of a collection of blood vessels that grows in size during the first year of life, then starts to recede over time.

 

[Gentleman Farmer]

It's not hard, there's no apparent entry would and yesterday is the first time I've seen it. And we look at our birds daily.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would be tempted to give the chicken 1/2 of a 25 mg Benadryl tablet orally in the back of the throat or crushed into food one time to see if it causes swelling to go down. Several people over the last few years have had tick bites which have caused bluish swelling of a wattle. I don't anything that looks like a tick bit, but it won't hurt. Let us know if it helps. I would check with a vet if this doesn't change. An abscess, wound, tumor, hemangioma are all possibilities. Tumors tend to be firm. Pus inside an abscess can be soft and then firm up into cheese-like consistancy.