Katrientje, my 5 yo Rhode Island Red (RIR) bantam has thick blathers or wraths on her nose. It doesn’t seem to bother her. But I wonder if what it is and if its necessary to give her a treatment. My other chickens are not infected (seemingly).
Looking for information I encountered a page about birdpox, which alarmed me. The symptoms (behaviour) is normal though. On the page they stated the chickens act disturbed /annoyed if they have it.
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Your knowledge or insight in what I should do is welcome.
To me it looks like she has blocked Nares (Nostrils) and some type of embedded debris above the left Nare. Possible it's impaction from the Nare that has worked its way into the soft tissue or sinus.
If Vet Care is not possible, then I'd see if I could start working on removing the material.
Warm saline soaked compress on the Nares may help soften it up or you can try 1 (one) Drop of Peroxide, let that soak in for minute, then using a soft piece of blunt wood (like a cuticle stick), a plastic toothpick or if you are really steady a pair of tweezers, work on chipping away, loosening the material.
I'd pick one area to work on at a time over the course of several days unless the material is easy to remove. This gives her a break and is often less stressful. After you've had a session, I think I'd apply some type of ointment or oil to the material to see if that helps soften it up more for the next session. Oil can be something like Vitamin E or coconut oil. Ointment I would use triple antibiotic ointment or Bacitracin. I'm not sure what products you have where you live.
They can get dirt, food, debris embedded in the Nares or if she has a history of Sinus/Respiratory symptoms, this may be build up of mucous.
If you do dig out the material, if you can, please take additional photos of the progress, it will be interesting and educational for us all.
