beak

  1. 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...
  2. C

    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...
  3. 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...
  4. thunder21

    My Rooster’s beak is not smooth

    I just noticed half part of my chicken beak is not smooth and it looks like it’s peeling. Does this mean he has vitamin deficiency?? Thanks for the help in advance! 🙏🏼
  5. K

    Underbite. Not debeaked. other different behavior from this one.

    Hey there, Waffle is a salmon favorelle, 9 weeksish and she kind of distances herself from the other four girls. Theyre about nine weeks old. Her underbite is particularly bad and this is after my husband filed it. It seems like she eats wet mash OK but I have yet to see her pick up a single...
  6. Chixmixopolis

    3.5 week old chick with beak bump. Located where a wattle would form. Can anyone identify and advise?

    Rhode Island Red growing like a weed. 3.5 weeks now. Good natured. No issues but noticed this little bump. It's hard, located under bottom beak like where wattle would grow and on one side, her left, only. Does not ooze, although I touched, bot squeezed. Could not be dry Fowl Pox from what I've...
  7. M

    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?
  8. S

    Chipped and cracked beak

    I'm not sure how this happened and luckily no bleeding, but not only is the end of his beak missing, it is significantly cracked down both sides of his upper beak. he is using it normally but I am worried it might fall apart, get further damaged. what would be the best way of managing it? or...
  9. SA Silkie mom

    Growths on beaks of month old Silkies. What could it be?

    Hi everyone, Our Silkies are a month old and we recently noticed some of them have growths on their beaks. I've tried to search online, but can't seem to find what it is. They seem to be eating/drinking OK, but since we're not experienced with chicken disease we want to learn whether there...
  10. C

    Roosters touching each other's beaks

    I have caught my roosters doing this a few times. They put their beaks together and stand there for over 5 minutes. They don't make noise or show any aggression. It is winter in Michigan so I'm not sure if they are cold? Bonding? Sleeping? Has anyone seen this?
  11. M

    Abscess on beak 3 month old pullett

    Any idea what is going on with this hen's beak? Saw it 4 days ago and it's getting bigger
  12. Emrosenagel

    Hen is having a hard time eating

    Hello, I have a hen that has been through ALOT in the past half year. She’s had worms, been rejected from her flock, and then attacked by a fox. Now she has a bacterial infection. She had stopped eating last week, so I took her to the vet. They gave me meds and told me to tube feed her. I did...
  13. TheBirdBabe

    SUPPLEMENT SUGGESTIONS

    I have a chicken that I feel is developing scissor beak. What is a good all around supplement that I can start incorporating in to their food?
  14. TheBirdBabe

    Opinions on beak needed!

    Can I ask your opinion on this beak? 🤔 It was not like this before. I know it's molting season & everything is out of whack, but is this a chip or something more serious? Is there anything I can do for him? Sorry about picture quality. I was trying to get every angle & he wasn't having it! 😅
  15. I

    Broken Beak

    I walked into my backyard to find one of my hens fighting with a small mouse. From what I saw, my hen was winning and the mouse disappeared. But looking closer I saw blood in my hens mouth and assumed it wasn’t hers. But as you can see in the picture she seemed to have broke her beak while...
  16. chickennl0ver

    unknown thing in hens beak/mouth, help!

    okay so i have a 2 year old splash cochin and yesterday i was holding her and i noticed something weird in her mouth? it could be normal but its something ive never seen before so i just wanted to come on here and see if anyone knew what it could be, because it looks kinda sharp and out of...
  17. W

    Concerns over Nare

    New to BYC and have been lurking ehile I raise chickens for the first time. Very fulfilling experience so far. We have 4 black Australorp hens we call The March Sisters since they were hatched in March. Lately I’ve been curious about one of their nares, we’ll call this one Amy. Amy is healthy...
  18. SnowInBuffalo

    Beak trimmed too much?

    My stepsister bought 9 chickens all with an extremely short beak. The fox killed 8 so I got the remaining chicken to put with my 3 pet chickens. This chicken loves corn but is unable to eat it off the cob after I cooked it. All my chickens eat corn off the cob. I also gave them cucumber another...
  19. R

    Scab on my roosters beak

    This is the first time I have seen this in my flock. My roosters beak is dry and has this scab on it. None of the others in his flock have it. It does not appear to bother him. He has minimal dry skin and feather loss on his neck, too. Any ideas what it could be and how should I treat it? Thanks!
  20. ebisu

    Should I be worried about my chicken's beak?

    First time chicken owner. This girl here is 5 months old and I don't spend a lot of time with them bc of work and school but while giving them treats I noticed something odd about her beak. She eats/drinks/scavenges just fine. As far as I've witnessed, there's never been fighting or aggression...
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