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    Help! Mouth growth in hen

    My 2yr old hen has this in her mouth. It's definitely attached - my husband tried to pull it out thinking it was a foreign body and a scab kind of came off and it bled a little bit. She's currently isolated from the flock, in a crate with food and water. I put some iodine in her water to help...
  2. S

    Discoloured growth on Silkie's Beak

    I recently picked up this beautiful girl however I noticed that she smelt quite bad so I have her a quick bath. Afterwards I noticed a large growth on her beak in an orange-yellow colour, I am not sure what this is and have not seen it on any of my other chickens, any advice of knowledge is...
  3. C

    Tumor or abscess on beak/wattle?

    Tina is a columbian cross, I believe. She is 4.5 years old. She is and has been acting totally normal the whole time, eating/drinking/socializing/dust bathing/tail up/normal poop, etc. she may be a teeny bit poofy now and then, but it's also cold out and she seems inline with the other two...
  4. D

    Pimple Like Bump On Beak

    Hello I'm new to raising ducks. I currently have two right now. My little one recently got this red bump on its beak and i've applied diluted betadine to clean the area and neosporin for healing. They have their own duck house and a separate run. At night they are inside the duck house with pine...
    • Danielyouare
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. Galaxy_rules

    What happened to my pullet’s beak?

    Hi all! My Cochin pullet appeared with this hurt beak when we came back from a trip. What happened? Is there anythIng I can do to help her? She is still eating and drinking to my knowledge, I just want her to be okay.
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    Chicken with crossed beak injury

    My poor girl Boomerang has a pretty gnarly beak injury. She’s about 8 months old and has lived a very normal life with her crossed beak. My daughter alerted me that she was injured and I’m not sure how to proceed with helping the poor girl. Any suggestions?
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    Hen struggling to pick up food, lower beak too long

    I recently purchased a couple of new hens. One being a nearly fully mature white leghorn. She seems like a very sweet, and healthy girl and the old flock is very slowly starting to accept her in. I have been watching her closely though to make she she is finding enough to eat/drink etc as she...
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    Silkie rooster beak is broken

    My 7mo old rooster had a long beak and i had an appointment for a few weeks from now to have it trimmed at the vet. Today he got it caught on the hardware cloth and broke the tip off. The core quick is exposed. It was bleeding for a bit. Not a heavy flow of blood but it was bleeding. He’s acting...
  9. L

    What is this?

    Found this on my 3 year old silkie. Is this normal? Should I be worried? Is there anything I can do?
  10. Horou

    What are these brown spots showing up on her beak

    What are these brown spots showing up on her beak? She never had these, and these just started to pop up. I’m unsure if it will be helpful or related, but… She also recently, for 2 weeks, she has been laying 1 egg a day, or two if she felt like it. Its also her first year laying. I’ve never...
    • Horou
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    • beak pekin pekinduck spotting
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Chickens blowing nose

    I have Wyandotte chickens, I notice that they are blowing are out of their beaks with a little clear liquid coming out. I am new to chickens and am not sure what this could be. They do not have any other symptoms and seem to be normal otherwise, what could this possibly be?
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    I need advice

    Hello everyone, I am in a bit of shock as I write this message. I am in need of medical assistance for a muscovy duck. He is my personal pet and his name is Peggy. This morning I went off to work and the gardeners of my apartment complex were doing their job. I came back home around 6 to find my...
  13. Emrosenagel

    Top beak trimmed too much?

    Hello! Im not sure if I made a mistake or not, but I noticed one of my jersey giants (5 weeks old) had her stuck a little open and her top beak looked pretty long. I decided to give it a little trim, something I’ve done before, but when I did it now looks like her top beak is a tad shorter than...
  14. stacyg7713

    Broken Beak? HELP!

    Hello. I have a Black Australorp chick. She had been fine and her beak was normal for the past 3 weeks. I brought them home April 6th. But, today I noticed that her beak is F***ed up big time. It actually looks broken to me. It hangs open and when I touch it gently it seems to be loose. She is...
  15. Lauren84

    Bruised beak

    Hello, My 6 month old Indian Runner Custard got her beak stuck in the run whilst I was at work. She has red bruising and a graze below it from where her beak was stuck. I have put Vetericyn spray on it. She is still foraging happily but I’m worried that she might hurt her beak more when its...
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    • beak bruised beak injury bird
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Enid Stowers

    Large nostril?

  17. Aprilxoxo

    Quail Broken beak

    Hi everyone I found one of my male quails with a broken beak. Its completely clean with no blood but its broken right back to just where the flesh starts. His new beak tip is the flesh bulb thingy (ill get pictures soon). Will the beak grow still if it was just the keratin part that has broken...
  18. aryucrazy

    Beak problems

    I hatched 8 silkies a month and a half ago. I was hoping some of them would be good to start breeding with. I'm not planning to show them necessarily, but I don't want to breed serious genetic problems. Anyway, 3 of the chicks have weird beaks. One is an obvious cross beak and the other two are...
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    Lump under my old roosters beak

    Hi! I have a 8 year old free range rooster that is acting lively, eating, drinking, but seems little listless. I know he is dealing w mites a little but I noticed he has a huge lump under beak! He’s definitely been acting like an old man, standing w eyes closed, picking at the mites more, etc...
  20. StarCreekFarm

    Duck bill repair

    I will come back to add more, edit and post photos soon, but wanted to share a duck bill repair tactic we devised that seems to be working, just in case anyone else has a similar emergency and is looking for ideas straight away. As always, this worked for us, but might not work for you, or I...
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