fluffy4paws Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I have two white leg horn chickens just coming up to 20 weeks a friend has reared them from eggs for us, but Houston i have a problem, for a while now we have noticed one of the girls is smaller than her companion not a lot but noticeable , also her combs have barely started to develop (they hatched the same day) whereas her companion has a great set of combs now this week she has developed a black k"Ooops, word censored!"bly growth on her head didn't pay too much attention to it as we had a Chinook helicopter go over very low and thought she had bonked the top of her head in panic it looked nice and dry so made mental note to keep an eye and see how it went, but now she has developed the same looking growth on her beak well below the nostrils she is eating fine although not as filled out as her companion, now ive hunted my books and forums and cant quite see what it is she may have, any ideas please. zoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 No idea picture? Do you think the well developed one could be male? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy4paws Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 hi will try and get a picture no their definitely not cockerels their was a third who was a cockerel which we had to re home as he started crowing someone suggested fowl pox but im not convinced its certainly not bothering her in any way so will keep an eye on her shes certainly the noisiest and most excited when it comes to treat time! thanks for replying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy4paws Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 the girl on the right is the one i have concerns about the black area on her head and beak look identical sorry not very clear but next photo shows top of her head better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 How strange. Could it be from being pecked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy4paws Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 i thought that and also maybe going vertical in the house being leghorns their as flighty as whatsit! but it seems to be coming up through her beak too which i would have thought is peck proof???? shes eating fine poos are fine shes active and acting as chooks do so im not too concerned just puzzled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I'd try scratching it off her beak it may be some dirt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy4paws Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 ive tried that it does come off its coming up through the beak she wasn't bothered when i did its not raw have left the one on her head as she had had enough of being held and was getting stressed so will take another look tomorrow if she will let me. thanks for all your help its really odd the vet who lives next door and has kept chickens for years thinks it might be fowl pox although not typical symptoms of where the pox pops up but today the other one has a similar growth coming up on her beak so it may well be pox in which case all should be well in 3 to 4 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Seems its a virus and they recover ok. Better than being tumours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
