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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Yes I'm still here! It has been a while, just plugging away at hatching eggs! We donated a couple hundred eggs to our local 4-H, and as of now our eggs have reached over 400 kids in the schools. On top of that, we have hatched out 28 turkey poults and 4 geese, and there's another round of turkey...
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    Swelling underneath beak

    Yeah. I'm leaning towards abscess. One thing... after lancing, do I try to bandage it up somehow? And if so, anyone have suggestions on how to go about doing that without bandaging her face shut? Hopefully I can leave it open and just keep applying ointment like you mentioned. I'm guessing just...
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    Swelling underneath beak

    I was looking at that too! Just went back to look at her, and now there's no sign of that spot that showed up in the picture. Now that I think of it, we did give them some old tomatoes that day 😀
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    Swelling underneath beak

    She is only 11 weeks old, but is in with a bunch of rowdy males. We are working on building additional pens so we can separate them. We bought a straight run from Greenfire Farms over in FL, and we ended up with a whole bunch of roosters!
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    Swelling underneath beak

    We are in Virginia, so I am not as concerned about venomous animals. It is about 1.5cm long and 1cm wide, firm and very warm to the touch. Not what I would call rock hard, but definitely not what I would define as squishy. We have her isolated inside now, continuing to monitor her. Will do an...
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    Swelling underneath beak

    It was very sudden, just noticed it yesterday. Spent the last 24 hours observing to see if she was behaving strangely before making any decisions. No changes since yesterday, but I think I know how I'll be spending my day tomorrow. Never had to aspirated or lance an abscess on a chicken before...
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    Swelling underneath beak

    No, we didn't see anything inside her mouth. She definitely didn't like us messing with it, so we think it might be an abscess. Wanted to get some other opinions, it's only our second year with chickens, and we have been very lucky up until now.
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    Swelling underneath beak

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    Swelling underneath beak

    Has anyone seen this before? This poor little pullet (she is almost 11 weeks old) has this large swollen area under her beak. She is eating and drinking normally, but I am so worried about her. Anyone know what this is and how I should treat her?
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    Muscovy male picks on female

    Yeah, I think that's what we are going to do. Set up a little area for her on the other side of the yard. At the very least, it will give her a chance to heal up. I think we'll separate her and one of the other girls she pals around with so she won't be lonely.
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    Muscovy male picks on female

    I need help! We have 9 muscovy ducks - one drake, 8 females, and one little duckling that hatched out just under 4 weeks ago. Recently, the drake has been picking on one of the females to the point where she barely has any tail feathers. This has us stumped, because our drake is a really easy...
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    • male muscovy muscovy behavior
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