Just following up here- We did a blu kote spray and kept her in the mini coop in the barn doorway so she still with the flock just protected. Its been about a month, the lump is more/less unchanged. Seems like just a large scab etc. Its pretty solid, she seems unaffected by it, lays egg every...
One of our hens has had a bald spot for some time on her head from the rooster. But between last week and this week though, a large lump developed and the skin is even open. If i compress it with my hand its rock hard. At first I thought is it possible she ate food and somehow got it back there...