- May 15, 2015
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This is my first backyard flock and I have three 4 month old pullets: a buff orp, welsummer, and maran. About 2 days ago I noticed the maran had a cracked beak tip and a slightly damaged beak base. Today the buff has a damaged beak base and upon checking the welsummer closely she has a very slightly damaged beak base.
I read that beak cracking is rare so this really worries me. They've been living in their current arrangement for about a month without any issues. The coop is plenty big but the run is too small. I let them out to play for a few hours every day and am working on a larger run. Could they cause this to each other? I noticed they finally started doing the aggression dance but see no evidence of pecking or hurting. Is there a disease that targets the beak? Please help and thank you!
Pictured below are the maran and buff. Put some better pictures in an imgur album. Use those
Edit: I just noticed they also have lesions on their combs/wattles and slightly discolored wattles. Help!!
Here are some much better pictures: http://imgur.com/a/StGny#0
Other health info: they appear to be eating well, have normal looking poops, run around a lot, and are acting otherwise healthy.
I read that beak cracking is rare so this really worries me. They've been living in their current arrangement for about a month without any issues. The coop is plenty big but the run is too small. I let them out to play for a few hours every day and am working on a larger run. Could they cause this to each other? I noticed they finally started doing the aggression dance but see no evidence of pecking or hurting. Is there a disease that targets the beak? Please help and thank you!
Edit: I just noticed they also have lesions on their combs/wattles and slightly discolored wattles. Help!!
Here are some much better pictures: http://imgur.com/a/StGny#0
Other health info: they appear to be eating well, have normal looking poops, run around a lot, and are acting otherwise healthy.
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