What is on my Ameraucana pullets nose??

[CknTenderOK]

Figured they weren't pure. Very sweet & grow so fast. they're bigger than out 10 month old Polish's. They have green legs. The cheeks show me there is Ameraucana in there lol.

Our birds free-range. Have a spacious coup. The spot has grown.

 

[CknTenderOK]

Hi there, welcome to BYC!

I'm not new to chickens at all and have raised more than most folks could shake a stick at.. but have NOT seen anything like that before and learn new stuff daily. It isn't a silly question at all!

Have you inspected it to see if it's a fleshy growth like a mole or wart? Or does it seem like beak material? Possibly a piece of food dried on? Hard or pliable?

And to verify.. it's coming from the beak and not the comb area.

She's a lovely Easter Egger!

(often mislabeled or sold as a representation but not conforming to the standard of perfection) One of my favorite breeds!

More info needed, Hope this turns out minor!

Thank you for for your response, welcome, & kindness.
The spot does not move and is hard. It's not a piece of food. It has grown. It used to look like something just stuck on her. Now it is a round hard bubble like spot. Maybe beak material. It is not in the comb area. I hope that you might be able to see better in the pictures. I will check and see if I can get any better ones.
Thank you so much.

 

[Eggcessive]

Those growths seem to turn up often on BYC. No one has ever found the exact cause of those, but it could be from irritation or injury from a sharp feeder or fencing. Someone thought it could be a papilloma virus which may fall off eventually. It really is not something that is very serious to me, or an abscess. Here is a thread with a few links and pictures of similar bumps:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-is-this-wart-on-my-lavender-orps-beak.839913/

 

[CknTenderOK]

Those growths seem to turn up often on BYC. No one has ever found the exact cause of those, but it could be from irritation or injury from a sharp feeder or fencing. Someone thought it could be a papilloma virus which may fall off eventually. It really is not something that is very serious to me, or an abscess. Here is a thread with a few links and pictures of similar bumps:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-is-this-wart-on-my-lavender-orps-beak.839913/

Thank you so much. It could be anything. Didn't seem emergent to me, however I was already posting pic for my Roosters leg and wanted to add the photos.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Thank you for for your response, welcome, & kindness.
The spot does not move and is hard. It's not a piece of food. It has grown. It used to look like something just stuck on her. Now it is a round hard bubble like spot. Maybe beak material. It is not in the comb area. I hope that you might be able to see better in the pictures. I will check and see if I can get any better ones.
Thank you so much.

I would classify that (from my amateur brain storm, I am NOT an expert) as a type of hyper keratosis (excessive keratin growth).. possibly with genetic roots.. but also agree not likely life threatening, painful, or worrisome for a layer, or non breeding flock. It's GOOD that you're aware and looking into things when they AREN'T emergent! Maybe you will update us even as she progresses throughout her lifetime.

One of my elder pups has it (hyper keratosis) on the end of her ear lobes according to my vet, it might become painful in the future but is likely a genetic anomaly not relative to or effected by MY husbandry. I could feel some very minor swelling and having treated mange mites in the past wanted to know if that was a VERY subtle indicator.

But I would also consider having a vet possibly do a scraping and look under the microscope to rule out any POSSIBLE parasitic cause, IF you have the resources.

Since no one else is displaying that growth and it isn't a commonly seen condition, while nutritional deficiencies do present here daily.. If THIS does have a nutritional cause in THIS instance.. I would consider it to probably also be genetically influenced like any other number of maladies.

One of the photos in the links eggcessive gave looked like *maybe* a cyst the way it had almost a scab on it. Doesn't quite seem the same as what you're describing or what what I can make out in your photos (my eyes being a limiting factor), but those were still good clues! What I found through that was incredibly informative.. and even though written and studied about in other species.. carries HUGE implications to ME and I will be extrapolating what I can as well from the interesting reads that follow in no specific order and JUST as food for thought..

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/asc/sc...ce_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0300985812469637

https://www.beautyofbirds.com/beakdeformities.html

Cyst of sorts, genetic dna hiccup, or something injurious like a splinter for easy example that the body has encapsulated.. seems *more* likely to ME than irritation which I would *expect* to look more like a scab or angry than what it looks like to me.. which is a happy little "horn". Noting what I expect doesn't always mean it's so and unexpected things happen ALL the time, thankfully!

 

[CknTenderOK]

I would classify that (from my amateur brain storm, I am NOT an expert) as a type of hyper keratosis (excessive keratin growth).. possibly with genetic roots.. but also agree not likely life threatening, painful, or worrisome for a layer, or non breeding flock. It's GOOD that you're aware and looking into things when they AREN'T emergent! Maybe you will update us even as she progresses throughout her lifetime.

One of my elder pups has it (hyper keratosis) on the end of her ear lobes according to my vet, it might become painful in the future but is likely a genetic anomaly not relative to or effected by MY husbandry. I could feel some very minor swelling and having treated mange mites in the past wanted to know if that was a VERY subtle indicator.

But I would also consider having a vet possibly do a scraping and look under the microscope to rule out any POSSIBLE parasitic cause, IF you have the resources.

Since no one else is displaying that growth and it isn't a commonly seen condition, while nutritional deficiencies do present here daily.. If THIS does have a nutritional cause in THIS instance.. I would consider it to probably also be genetically influenced like any other number of maladies.

One of the photos in the links eggcessive gave looked like *maybe* a cyst the way it had almost a scab on it. Doesn't quite seem the same as what you're describing or what what I can make out in your photos (my eyes being a limiting factor), but those were still good clues! What I found through that was incredibly informative.. and even though written and studied about in other species.. carries HUGE implications to ME and I will be extrapolating what I can as well from the interesting reads that follow in no specific order and JUST as food for thought..

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/asc/sc...ce_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0300985812469637

https://www.beautyofbirds.com/beakdeformities.html

Cyst of sorts, genetic dna hiccup, or something injurious like a splinter for easy example that the body has encapsulated.. seems *more* likely to ME than irritation which I would *expect* to look more like a scab or angry than what it looks like to me.. which is a happy little "horn". Noting what I expect doesn't always mean it's so and unexpected things happen ALL the time, thankfully!

Those growths seem to turn up often on BYC. No one has ever found the exact cause of those, but it could be from irritation or injury from a sharp feeder or fencing. Someone thought it could be a papilloma virus which may fall off eventually. It really is not something that is very serious to me, or an abscess. Here is a thread with a few links and pictures of similar bumps:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-is-this-wart-on-my-lavender-orps-beak.839913/

Thank you!