Help!

[SilkiesRcool]

My show silkies have growths on their beaks. One of the new born chicks also has it. The majority do, my rooster doesn’t though.

 

[Eggcessive]

It might be an injury from metal feeder or fencing, or from pecking. Sometimes there is a papillomavirus that can cause a lump on the beak, but it looks a bit different. Let us know if it goes away. Try a little betadine or iodine on it to help dry it up.

 

[SilkiesRcool]

The chickens are in different flocks and the cops are hard wire cloth. Do you know where I can buy that stuff?

 

[Eggcessive]

You can buy betadine or povidone iodine at Walmart and pharmacies in the first aid supplies, or in most feed and farm stores in the horse aisle.

 

[Eggcessive]

Walmarts brand

 

[SilkiesRcool]

Ok thank you very much I’ll keep it updated