What Is This?

[blue pied]

Does anyone have any idea what this is and what causes it?

[blue pied]

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[greenlands]

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[blue pied]

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[TheHigg]

pretty sure its a protein lump mate done away with a good wee hen a couple of year ago the 2 days later there was a thread about them

[Henrik]

Looks like one of those blue lumps that has burst, dab it with iodine and leave it, should dry up and fall off

[jim]

tie cotton to the bottom it to stop the blood it will dry up and drop off in a few days

 

to rich a feed m8

[gd]

change in feed seems to bring it out - I usually have one bird that gets one of them once they are locked up after racing season - just leave it alone , it'll fall off eventually , not related to too much protein IMO as mine are on a carb based diet

[Wiley]

"They are caused by the same virus as pigeon pox, this was explained to me by Dr Gerrit Dhont of Melle several years ago. If you wait until they are almost ripe, you can tie some cotton round them and they will drop off in a few days. The young birds will be no worse for this. I can guarantee. One of my best pigeons ever had at least 6 on his wings and body as a youngster and he won 11 x 1st prizes in the next 3 years. All children have problems." A quote from the Legend Frank Tasker.

 

On a personal note, I've never had a good one.

[blue pied]

ill dab some idodine on it and leave it alone!

[Guest IB]

That is more like a BoP attack to me. Far too large an area and totally the wrong place for a protein lump... and you'd have noticed a lump growing on the bird long before it burst.

 

Bird looks as if it has been pinned and part of its back eaten.

[tiger]

its a protein lump and it will dry up and fall off

[Guest stb-]

"They are caused by the same virus as pigeon pox, this was explained to me by Dr Gerrit Dhont of Melle several years ago. If you wait until they are almost ripe, you can tie some cotton round them and they will drop off in a few days. The young birds will be no worse for this. I can guarantee. One of my best pigeons ever had at least 6 on his wings and body as a youngster and he won 11 x 1st prizes in the next 3 years. All children have problems." A quote from the Legend Frank Tasker.

 

On a personal note, I've never had a good one.

Spot on no such thing as a protein lump Ryan although i had been told it was a virus i always thought it was somthing to do with the herpes family .

[alec guinness]

You'll need to tell wee Evan to smile lol

[Guest stb-]

You'll need to tell wee Evan to smile lol

that is him smiling hes worse than that when hes being a grumpy old git :emoticon-0140-rofl: Andy has him sat out there to scare of mink and percies . :emoticon-0140-rofl:

[alec guinness]

that is him smiling hes worse than that when hes being a grumpy old git :emoticon-0140-rofl: Andy has him sat out there to scare of mink and percies . :emoticon-0140-rofl:

 

Good yin bob,and the mice too!

[Big Davie]

"They are caused by the same virus as pigeon pox, this was explained to me by Dr Gerrit Dhont of Melle several years ago. If you wait until they are almost ripe, you can tie some cotton round them and they will drop off in a few days. The young birds will be no worse for this. I can guarantee. One of my best pigeons ever had at least 6 on his wings and body as a youngster and he won 11 x 1st prizes in the next 3 years. All children have problems." A quote from the Legend Frank Tasker.

 

On a personal note, I've never had a good one.

 

 

Spot on no such thing as a protein lump Ryan although i had been told it was a virus i always thought it was somthing to do with the herpes family .

Fully agree with you both, no such thing as a protein lump, dont interfere with it or it will bleed profusely and far worse than it is just now, just leave it alone and it will shrivel up and drop off

[gulkie]

Had something similar a few year back with a stock hen my mate said it

Was a dangle berry and told me to leave it and it would drop of and sure

Enough it did the hen made a full recovery.

[Guest big50cal]

It's is a type of parathyroid I look it up in dr Colin walkers book

[blue pied]

thanks for the replys, most saying it will be ok which makes me feel better. Thanks and will keep you updated

[walterboswell59]

ive always called them blood boils and as the guys said they will drop off on there own or tie them off and there off in a week does the bird no harm

[andy Burgess]

ive always called them blood boils and as the guys said they will drop off on there own or tie them off and there off in a week does the bird no harm

an older fancier when I first started often had these Walter , he called them the same .what do you think is the cause ??

[walterboswell59]

to be honest i dont know andy but always thought it was caused by the feeding being to rich and i can only remember having 3 or 4 birds with it in 50 years i just tied them off and birds were fine

[Guest IB]

If it is as others say, it is called a fatty lipoma. It is diet-related (too much fat).

[Wiley]

If it is as others say, it is called a fatty lipoma. It is diet-related (too much fat).

 

IB fatty lipomas are yellow when appearing on pigeons and generally they only appear on very old pigeons, and I've never heard of one bursting and bleeding as this one appears to