Quick update: I’m just back from our vets who gave Astrid a thorough exam. A promising outcome:
- they hadn’t seen anything like this either (they work on most of the farms in our area and have links with Scottish vet schools)
- she’s otherwise a very healthy, handsome chicken. Her palette etc...
Thanks coach723 - that sounds sensible, and I'll go with that approach. In the meantime I'll make sure I have some gel superglue in my first aid kit.
In terms of injury that I'm aware of - the tiniest tip from her upper mandible broke off shortly after we got her (2mm at most), but it was so...
There is no smell in her beak, though there is definitely some debris in her her beak - I'll have a look in more detail in the morning. She's otherwise seemingly healthy and a much loved, active friendly chicken. Like coach723 my concern is that it's going to become vulnerable as the last...
Astrid, one of my Brahmas (and my daughter’s beloved pet) has an issue with her upper mandible. It’s grown with a split down from her nostril. There seems to be a bit of debris in there which I assume needs carefully clearing out.
Astrid is a young hen - we got her as a puller in March this...
