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Reporting progress after one month of the Serrapeptase. Two things point to the Serrapaptaste working. One is that Toots has not shaken his leg all month as he has in the past because it was causing pain. The second evidence of progress is the modest shrinkage of the reddish lesions. I'll...

One capsule daily. Orally.

Two years later, I can finally confirm that Tootsie has a tumor, not an injury. About a year ago, someone here suggested I try an enzyme called Serrapeptase. I treated him for about three months with it. The tumor shrunk. It seemed to work. The tumor shrank, and it's remained the same size...

Yes, very slow growing, at least in my experience with them in my flock. It's true of all squamous cell carcinomas. I had one removed from my hand just a few weeks ago, and it's not the first. They can eventually metastasize, but chickens would likely be dead of old age before it happens.

These lesions are painful, make no mistake. I've used 2xdaily one quarter tablet ibuprofen with good luck to control pain. I also have used cortisone cream on the lesion for pain relief. Both of those control tissue inflammation as an added benefit. Currently my roo is on no pain relief and...

I'm updating this thread to convey my conclusion that I was correct in my original assumption that this lesion is in fact a cancer, not a wound. It has grown to double the original size nearly one year later. There have been no recent injuries to this leg to account for the increase in size...

Toots got the full treatment yesterday. Hot compresses and debriding and bandaging. He felt pretty sorry for himself with the securely wrapped leg, and pouted the rest of the day. This morning, I found him lying in his poop in his run, probably depressed and thinking of suicide. Just kidding...

Experience or no, I can always use another opinion and knowledge. We never stop learning. I appreciate this input. I have left the scab since it's always been flat with no swelling or apparent pus under it. I also thought I would use Betadine with hot compresses for a few days. I think I'll...

@NanaK yes, I've thought of that. I treated him with Cephalexin and I soaked his leg in activated Oxine. I wasn't sure if it was just hopeful thinking but the lesion did seem to be getting better. Then it stalled all this winter until flaring up now. It may be worth repeating that treatment.

Six-month update: Not encouraging. As you can see from the photos, this lesion is growing again. I wonder if it was in winter low hormone remission. Now it's spring, and hormones are beginning to surge, or it could be just a coincidence and it has nothing to do with hormones. It still remains...

Tootsie is doing well. It does appear his leg is healing. He finished the cephalexin two days ago. I'm still giving him turmeric each day for inflammation. The two roosters continue to be cordial with each other, so that also tells me Toots is feeling better.

The wound is still not healing as I wished it would. However, today I saw a sign that Tootsie may be feeling better. It's a very subtle sign - a beginning of the return of his self confidence. The measure of this is that he's still in the run with Strawberry, the senior roo, after my hauling...

A few days ago, I decided to change my treatment protocol since the wound wasn't healing. I'm now using Oxine and turmeric as the main components. I may be seeing some slight improvement, and Tootsie is behaving like he has less pain. I'm using the activated form of Oxine and that requires...

I may be changing my mind about this being a tumor after all. It's growing instead of improving, and now the newest growth is bleeding. It's causing Tootsie pain, unquestionably, although he still walks normally. His daddy Strawberry is being mean to him these days, interfering with Tootise...

The state of Tootsie's wound healing is no change after a month of wound treatment. He still is hampered by pain, shaking the left leg periodically. The wound still appears much like the photos I posted earlier. The other day I soaked his legs in Epsom salts two days in a row which he hated...

I'm reporting a change in my assessment of Tootsie's wounds. Plural. Yes, he now has one on the other leg, same exact spot. Not infected, though, just abrasion. Therefore, I've concluded he's been injuring himself on his perch. Hard to believe he's getting up there in years and losing his...

The first photo is from last Friday. The second is from today, five days of treatment later. The greenish tint on the scales below the wound is from cannabis salve I've been using for his pain. I don't see any real difference, maybe a little less swelling. I'm not sure. I've been using Vetericyn...

You know you love chickens when you lose sleep over them. Thanks @Eggcessive and @Shadrach . One way to diagnose is to try treating and rule it out of the treatment does nothing to help. I think I still have some clindamycin. But it's old and may no longer carry a punch. I found some pine tar...

@Shadrach what do you think? Is it an abscess or a tumor? Would you try pine tar?

Aspirin relieves pain, but it didn't appear to help Tootsie. I'm now wondering if this is an abscess. @dawg53 what do you think? I'm leaning towards trying pine tar to see if this is infection from an abrasion.