omg my 4 month old chick has a black beak

[peep peep betty]

my 4 month chick has a black beak and im very worried and dont know what it is

also my 5month has a sore on her nose

have any ideas why?

 

[BantamLover21]

Don't worry, the blackish beak is normal. Different breeds of chickens, and even individual birds within a breed, have their own color of beak. Some breeds have yellow beaks, other have pure black beaks, some are bluish, etc.

The sore on your 5 month old chick's nose appears to be an injury. My chickens usually get injuries like that when they fight with eachother, especially when they fight through wire. It should heal fine with no attention, though if you want to, you can put some antibiotic ointment (nothing that contains "cain/caine" ingredients, as those are harmful to birds) on the wound.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Don't worry, the blackish beak is normal. Different breeds of chickens, and even individual birds within a breed, have their own color of beak. Some breeds have yellow beaks, other have pure black beaks, some are bluish, etc.

The sore on your 5 month old chick's nose appears to be an injury. My chickens usually get injuries like that when they fight with eachother, especially when they fight through wire. It should heal fine with no attention, though if you want to, you can put some antibiotic ointment (nothing that contains "cain/caine" ingredients, as those are harmful to birds) on the wound.

X2. Very few chickens have pure yellow beaks. For example, Wyandottes have "horn" beaks, which are shades of yellow and black.

My chickens get those injuries too. They're usually fine in a couple days.

 

[peep peep betty]

she has had this for a week or so

 

[Eggcessive]

The sore on her nose is probably an injury from a feeder, waterer, a fence, or something else she has injured it on. I would do a walk-through around the coop and run, or anywhere else she could have cut it.