4.5 week old chick with swollen wattles/lower jaw

[carmensue10]

Eating and drinking fine just noticed this today!

 

[Eggcessive]

Does the area feel hard or soft? Can you look inside the beak for any unusual tissue or yellow material? Can you show a picture of the left eye? The right pupil looks fuzzy. Was the chick vaccinated for Mareks disease?

 

[carmensue10]

Does the area feel hard or soft? Can you look inside the beak for any unusual tissue or yellow material? Can you show a picture of the left eye? The right pupil looks fuzzy. Was the chick vaccinated for Mareks disease?

It’s soft and squishy, I looked in the mouth and nothing inside. No vaccinations

 

[carmensue10]

It’s soft and squishy, I looked in the mouth and nothing inside. No vaccinations

 

[Eggcessive]

I would be suspicious of Mareks disease, mostly by the appearance of the eyes. Mareks can cause tumors in the body, and some may have the eye form of Mareks. That can cause an irregular pupil with a grey eye. I really hope it is not that, and it seems really early for any symptoms to be seen. Usually symptoms are not seen until much later, but the earliest I have heard of is 5 weeks old. Here is a good thread about Mareks that is worth reading:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/