Swelling on sides of lower beak

[wagoncab]

Hi All;
I have about a 3 month old cochin chick that has what appears to be swelling on both sides of his lower beak.
He seems to have kind of always had this so I did not know if it was something normal to the breed and he has
acted normal up to this point so I never paid any attention to it.
Today I noticed he was acting a little "Off" so I picked him up and he is very thin. I brought him inside and gave him
some feed and he dove right in. That is when I noticed him having trouble eating. I looked at him again and now there
is an open spot and it looks more swollen on the one side. It does not feel soft or mushy but feels hard.
Any ideas as to what this might be?
Thanks
Cindy

 

[Wyandottes7]

Could you post a picture?

 

[wagoncab]

 

[Eggcessive]

Have you looked inside his beak? You might do a search for canker (a fungus infection) and wet fowl pox at the search at the top of the page.

 

[BantamLover21]

That doesn't look very good. I would suspect canker, unless he's been outside around wild birds/mosquitoes, and then wet pox could be a possibility.

 

[wagoncab]

Hello;
Thanks for the reply.
I looked up both canker and the fowl pox.It appears to be neither of those.
I looked inside his mouth and it is clear. He is acting ok now, I still am keeping
him to himself so I know he gets plenty to eat.
Cindy in Tn