Blocked nare on peachick

[DukesDucks]

A peachick, two days old, seems to have a blocked nare. It is active, eating, and drinking but I see its cheeks puffing in and out when it is breathing. I need some ideas on how to open/clear it.

 

[tripletfeb]

A peachick, two days old, seems to have a blocked nare. It is active, eating, and drinking but I see its cheeks puffing in and out when it is breathing. I need some ideas on how to open/clear it.

Provide pictures and I'll tag Kathy
@casportpony
I personally would just pull out whatever is blocking it, if you can see it. Use tweezers

 

[DukesDucks]

Picture is not great but it was not very cooperative. I think it was pecked by hatch mates. Looks to me like dried blood which I have been trying to clean off with warm water and cotton tip, bit by bit. I'm concerned about it accidently inhaling water as I do this. Should I continue this or something else?

 

[tripletfeb]

Picture is not great but it was not very cooperative. I think it was pecked by hatch mates. Looks to me like dried blood which I have been trying to clean off with warm water and cotton tip, bit by bit. I'm concerned about it accidently inhaling water as I do this. Should I continue this or something else?

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Wait for Kathy to chime in. But I would keep doing that, carefully

 

[KsKingBee]

Yes, chicks are pecking at the chick and will continue as long as there is red blood. There are two things you can do, one is to put a little Blu-Kote on the bloody area. This will deter the chicks from pecking and making it worse. Two, put a piece of Styrofoam in the brooder for the chicks to peck at, that will entertain the chicks and will not harm them.

 

[DukesDucks]

I have been incubating guinea fowl and peas at the same time. For a short time, they shared a brooder pen. It was the guinea keets that started the peeking of pea chick beaks. Now that I have separated the two groups, no more new pecking.
I would have been worried that the peachicks would ingest small pieces of the styrofoam. If you haven't found that to be a problem, I may still try it as there are different ages together until old enough to move outside.
Thanks for the advice.

 

[KsKingBee]

I have been incubating guinea fowl and peas at the same time. For a short time, they shared a brooder pen. It was the guinea keets that started the peeking of pea chick beaks. Now that I have separated the two groups, no more new pecking.
I would have been worried that the peachicks would ingest small pieces of the styrofoam. If you haven't found that to be a problem, I may still try it as there are different ages together until old enough to move outside.
Thanks for the advice.

Yes brooding peas and keets together is a recipe for disaster. We had too many peachicks end up with no top beak because of that. It is hard enough keeping the peachicks from pecking other peachicks. Oddly enough the light colored chicks are the most often pecked on chicks.
We learned about the Styrofoam trick from raising gamefowl, those chicks are the most carnivorous chicks I have ever had. Tossing a large chunk of foam in with them kept them from eating each other. Also a rooster will keep the kids from misbehaving.

 

[DukesDucks]

Oddly enough the light colored chicks are the most often pecked on chicks.

Of the 6 peachicks, 5 of them are white. Another lesson learned. Now separated, the peas are doing well.

 

[KsKingBee]