Need help!

[KZN Chicken farmer]

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate an answer to what you think is wrong with this hens beak and how to treat it.There was some whiteish stuff on the left hand side of her beak that I took out and when I did it stank.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is there some material inside the beak on the left side? The picture quality is not very clear. Is your question about the neck position or the beak? Can you give some info and ask some questions? Is there any yellow gunk inside the chicken’s beak?

 

[KZN Chicken farmer]

Is there some material inside the beak on the left side? The picture quality is not very clear. Is your question about the neck position or the beak? Can you give some info and ask some questions? Is there any yellow gunk inside the chicken’s beak?

Hi, sorry for the bad picture quality its the best I could get of her during the day. Yes there was some stinky whiteish stuff inside the left hand side of her beak which I took out.

 

[Eggcessive]

That could possibly be canker (trichomonas,) a contagious protozoan infection that is carried by pigeons. It is said to smell bad and cause yellow to white gunk inside the beak, and can be treated with drugs such as metronidazole and ronitazole. Fish Zole sometimes is abailable for tropical fish ans may be useful. If you a veterinarian or access to any of those meds, they might be helpful. Acidified copper sulfate can be used in the water 3 days a month as a preventative so the disease does not spread to other poultry. Here is some reading about canker:
https://www.chickenvet.co.uk/news/post/a-review-of-oral-lesions-in-backyard-chickens
Wet fowl pox can also leave similar patches inside the beak and throat, so if you have seen fowl pox scabs on any chickens that could also be the problem.

 

[KZN Chicken farmer]

That could possibly be canker (trichomonas,) a contagious protozoan infection that is carried by pigeons. It is said to smell bad and cause yellow to white gunk inside the beak, and can be treated with drugs such as metronidazole and ronitazole. Fish Zole sometimes is abailable for tropical fish ans may be useful. If you a veterinarian or access to any of those meds, they might be helpful. Acidified copper sulfate can be used in the water 3 days a month as a preventative so the disease does not spread to other poultry. Here is some reading about canker:
https://www.chickenvet.co.uk/news/post/a-review-of-oral-lesions-in-backyard-chickens
Wet fowl pox can also leave similar patches inside the beak and throat, so if you have seen fowl pox scabs on any chickens that could also be the problem.

Thanks!