8 month old tom has cyst

[bonscholl]

Cysts is on front middle of neck. It has like 50, 1/2" spikey feathers growing out of it. About the size of a small walnut. What is this? It bothers the heck out of him & he spends all day trying to pluck it off but he cant quite reach it. My other tom is older & doesnt have this.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_TlemXNj_3wbWQ4YXN0N0VzZUNMU2daRUVHcG9mdmhrTU1R

 

[WhiteWyan]

Huh.... It looks like a bur. Don't toms get beards / dangly things on their chests though? Could it be his beard??

 

[R2elk]

Cysts is on front middle of neck. It has like 50, 1/2" spikey feathers growing out of it. About the size of a small walnut. What is this?

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That is not a cyst. It is the turkey's beard.

 

[R2elk]

That is a burr. Pull it off. Sometimes they get caught on livestock.

That is not a burr, it is the turkey's beard. Leave it alone.

 

[The Brick Coop]

yes turkey toms grow "beards" down here. Some get long and dangly. Look at pictures of toms on the internet. Sometimes turkey hens grow tiny ones too.

 

[Amer]

Ok, that's good, for some reason I thought it was a burr at first but you are probably right.

 

[Amer]

I know what a beard is, but it looked funny, because it was so small.

 

[bonscholl]

Yes, yes!! It is infact a beard, thank you all so much, saves me a trip to the vet, lol.