3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[fluffy4paws]

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

[Plum]

No idea picture?

 

Do you think the well developed one could be male?

[fluffy4paws]

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!

[fluffy4paws]

 

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

[Plum]

How strange. Could it be from being pecked

[fluffy4paws]

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!

[Plum]

I'd try scratching it off her beak it may be some dirt

[fluffy4paws]

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.

[Plum]

Seems its a virus and they recover ok. Better than being tumours.