Strange bump on baby chick beak

[mandymcg05]

Hey guys, I notice a hard bump on my baby chicks beak the other day? It doesn’t seem to be doing anything. Weird! Any suggestions what it could be?
Eating drinking pooping all normal that I can tell. She is in a brooder with other babies. She’s about 3 weeks old give or take.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Could it be an infection of the egg tooth?

 

[mandymcg05]

Could it be an infection of the egg tooth?

Crap... I have no idea. I’ll research that.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The egg tooth is a bump that reptiles and birds use to break through an egg shell.

 

[mandymcg05]

I don’t think that’s what it is.

 

[mandymcg05]

I think it’s back farther than that.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It was just a quick guess on my part.

 

[ameliathedominant]

it could just be a defect in the beak and you might just need to file it down with a dremel or something but if its not bothering her just leave it alone i guess

 

[mandymcg05]

It was just a quick guess on my part.

no, thank you! I just know it's slowly getting bigger. It was almost non existent 2 weeks ago...

 

[Chickmama Jodi]

How is the chick now? Did you find out what it was?