Chicken with "growth" on beak

[Slk1025]

Hello,
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.

 

[Eggcessive]

That looks like dried nasal drainage mixed with feed, or just dried feed. There are many threads with similar pictures of "blocked nares or nostrils." You can do a search, and I will also try and find some. I would get some peroxide, and mix it half with water. Then apply it liberally to the gunk. Let it sit there for a few minutes. Then take an orange stick or something similar that you can try to scrape a little of it off at a time. This may take several attempts, but you should be able to get it out and the nosteils open again.

 

[Slk1025]

That looks like dried nasal drainage mixed with feed, or just dried feed. There are many threads with similar pictures of "blocked nares or nostrils." You can do a search, and I will also try and find some. I would get some peroxide, and mix it half with water. Then apply it liberally to the gunk. Let it sit there for a few minutes. Then take an orange stick or something similar that you can try to scrape a little of it off at a time. This may take several attempts, but you should be able to get it out and the nosteils open again.

Thank you! I wasn't even sure where to begin as far as searching this issue. I searched dried nasal drainage and it does seem to be her issue. I'll try the peroxide and water mixture to clean it off.