PLEASE HELP ME! Face being eaten? Beaks gone???? Help! GRAPHIC PICS!!!

[ChickLover98]

That is truly terrible!

Good luck to you and your birds. I do agree that some type of predator is getting at them. Re-enforce everything that you possibly can and check over for possible enrty places.

 

[Cackling Hen]

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Yes wood would work

 

[FireTigeris]

I found this:

http://www.avianweb.com/beakdeformities.html

Google: rotting off beaks

 

[Cackling Hen]

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hm interesting maybe huh?

 

[lilchick]

No mysterious creatures or bad guys getting them! A predator that can sit on top of cage and reach thru the wires to pull them within reach. Odd there are no body bites, just face?

I would bring remaining into garage in dog carrier till you can properly reinforce the cage. Whatever it is will continue till all is lost!

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

There was a thread WAY back a while ago where someone's birds' beaks just started rotting off also? I can't even remember the outcome-but it was weird.

 

[FireTigeris]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=233470

heres that thread?

http://www.africangreyforum.com/forum/f41/beak-is-rotting-2768/

another

 

[MandyH]

I keep looking at those pictures (not gonna be able to eat supper btw) and that just does not look like a predator attack. It looks like there is some underlying disease going on. What it is I don't know. I keep thinking of flesh eating bacteria in humans (but I am a nurse lol).

 

[Young Heritage]

If it is a disease or fungus, could it not be internal to the chicken where the beak is generated/connected to the bird. If it dies off there first then the beak could just fall off over night, maybe?

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

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Not it.

I believe this one got a lot of attention around here and the OP posted a picture. I'll try doing a search...