Hello, . I'm new here. I have a Rhode Island red hen that is about 9 years old.
About a week ago I noticed a growth on her beak. It's quite big, dark in color and continues into her mouth. It's on the lower beak. I will try to post a picture. She has trouble eating. It was bleeding today...
A sea gull showed up in Culver City, CA, three days ago with a large growth above its bill (in front of its right eye).
It is near the bike path along La Ballona Creek (just west of Sepulveda Blvd and south of Lucerne Ave.).
Does it need to be treated?
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So today i was going to give my boy haircut' when i noticed a small wart in his beak, could yall help me identify what growth could be?
My three-week-old Ameraucana chick's upper beak is unusually long and hooked. She seems to have no problem eating, but she wheezes sometimes. She also seems much stupider than our other chick and spends hours pecking at the wall.
I have read that Ameraucanas naturally have curved beaks, but...
I have some chickens and ducks. They all share a big house and run together. In the last few weeks the they have started to get sore legs. 1 has two bad legs were it does not walk unless i walk near it and then it walks like a robot. 2 chickens with 1 sore leg and hobbles along and 1 duck with...
So I have an almost year old Sussex Rooster and this morning he was making a strange noise so my dad went down to check on him and he stopped making the noise. Later on in the day I went down to check on him and noticed his top beak looked like it was shedding but there was some blood..
He...
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I'm new to owning chickens and my five chicks arrived this past October 24th. They are now much bigger and doing well except I just noticed the other day that a few of my girls look like the top of their beaks are turning a white-ish color. One of my hens looks like a layer...
I incubated some eggs and got 6 babies. They were all looking fine the first few days but for the last two days one has been constantly opening and closing its beak, with its eyes close and laying on the ground. it is not eating or drinking and looks as if it is about to die. i desperately need...
Just noticed one of my hens has a cracked beak. She's foraging, eating, laying like normal but it really doesn't look great. Would I be crazy to superglue the top part to give it some more stability? Does this indicate a nutritional problem or was it likely just an accident?
We have a gorgeous Faverolles hen, and a month ago I noticed a whitish lump inside her lower beak on the left, and she was occasionally shaking her head.
We gave her Harkers 3 in 1 tablets, and for a few days she stopped shaking her head but within a week she'd started again.
We took her to...
I thought I'd share this with the community. Sometimes the chickens don't go into their nests at night and they roost up in the trees, which makes for some pretty interesting nights, running around in the dark, chasing off raccoons or whatever. One night, we heard a ruckus and blasted into the...
Dear Experts,
I bought a couple of de-beaked chicken. Being new to the world of raising chicken I later noticed the importance of the beak. Is there a solution.... such as a plastic beak, or something that can be home-made that can return the beak to the bird?
Thanks!
Background info: Chesta is a 1 year old serama mix. She has always had a reddish spot on her beak, but I thought it was nothing but a genetic flaw. On Sunday I noticed that she had a black scab on her beak. I also noticed that she would sometimes flick her head, as if she could feel it. I...
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One of my hens has what I'm calling a growth on her beak. It almost looks calloused. She's eating and drinking as normal. She's about 8 years old. None of my other chickens are showing signs of this. See pics. Thanks for your help.
I am in desperaate nead of help. I recently found my six month old easter egger pullet with a cracked and bleeding beak. The past week she had been acting very timid of people. I'm not sure if this is at all related to the beak. I think this just happened because I would have had to notice her...
This is my first time owning chicks and I am being very over protective (I am 14 years old and raising chickens with a bit of help from my parents) we have 4 Pekin chicks and we bought them when they were 2 weeks old (They are now approximately 5 weeks old) None of them has had problems since...
We have recently gotten a rooster and his upper beak is broken off! Is there anything I can do to help him? Some people have told me to break the bottom one to match it but I can't bring my self to do that! Please help
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I am new to this forum and to ducks, about 4 weeks ago we decided to increase our family with some ducks. So we went shopping and came home with 3 young ladies (1 Pekin, 1 Campbell and one mix) and a duckling (no idea). Since then I've been reading lots in this forum and found it extremely...
So Ive had my Baby Chicks for almost 2 weeks now. My best guest is that they're around 3 weeks. I've just noticed today that they're beaks are turning a dark brown/purple. I just wanted to know if this is normal? Could they be sick? They do sneeze sometimes. I have been bringing them outside for...