It seems like it was the upper front portion of her beak? I’m sorry these pictures suck — its such an awkward perspective to try and take a picture of.
(Sorry those pictures are awful lol i feel like you can see a sort of jagged-ish edge on the top left beak? Like something detached there? For the life of me I can’t see anything in there and there’s thankfully no bleeding but SOMETHING that wasn’t supposed to pop out definitely did)
I don’t — I honestly can’t even get in there to see what the heck happened. She isn’t bleeding, she doesn’t appear to be in pain but its definitely bugging her, and she’s a little…drooly? For lack of a better description? It was definitely some part of her inner beak but as quick as it was...
I’m not sure how else to explain this — my twelve year old hen (who now lives in the house with us) has been clearly irritated by something in and/or around her beak. She’s been inside for nearly a year, super active, eats well, etc.
I’ve tried to look and see if theres anything there to...
After a week of the entire family being debilitated by a super nasty stomach bug, I went out to grab the eggs I hadn't gotten in about four days. No surprise, one or two had broken and there is yolk all over the rest of them. How should I go about cleaning this off?
Also, what do you think the...
I've gone out and had a better look in the daylight - theres blood but not a puddle - more a small spot of it. Her vent is bloody but not profusely bloody. I can't really tell what happened. One hen has a little bit of blood on her head, but not a ton. From what I can see, she was hiding under...