Hi, we now have some ex batts, who came to us ready plucked and almost oven ready, they were in that bad of a state.
They are doing well now and seem to be mixing well with our other birds.
Hubby was cleaning them out the other day and noticed a funny lump on the bottom of one of the ex batts.
As I work at the moment and it is dark when I get in I have not been able to have a look, off work today and we went to dig them out of the snow again so I could have a look.
The lump we think is around her vent area, it is very swollen and strange looking and has a bloodied look about it almost bare muscle, It also reminds me of the parsons nose on a oven ready bird but with a bloddied muscle like skin over it, it seems to have a little bit of poo stuck to it, we tried to wipe if off with straw this morning but it does not look too good. She his eating but has not put on as much weight as the others and her feathers don't seem to growing as much.
Is she ill, has she a growth or something, as she only cost 50p I am very reluctant to try and get through all this snow up here to get to the vets and pay about £30.00 for him to say ring her neck.
Any help and advice would be most welcome
Thanks
Elaine