Posted November 9, 200915 yr The cere's on the two of my females look different to the other females I have and I'm wondering what could cause it and if it is of any significance. If you were to imagine the cere as having three dimensions with depth meaning how far it sticks out from the flat plane of their face, I would describe theirs as being shorter (top to bottom) and having more depth (meaning sticking out from their faces more). My other birds' ceres are all relatively the same ...fairly flat to their faces...but these two are not so. There's no crusting or scaling and the birds seem happy and healthy. Any thoughts?
November 9, 200915 yr A cere that protrudes out from the hens face can be hormonal. It may be she is getting ready to shed here cere, which is normal in the hens cycle. She may have hormonal imbalances making the cere more pronounced than normal... Photos??? Edited November 9, 200915 yr by **Liv**
November 9, 200915 yr Author A cere that protrudes out from the hens face can be hormonal. It may be she is getting ready to shed here cere, which is normal in the hens cycle. She may have hormonal imbalances making the cere more pronounced than normal... Photos??? Thanks Liv , I'll try to take some photos this week. I had no idea they shed their cere. If it's hormonal, then maybe that's why both females in this cage look this way?
November 9, 200915 yr There is a condition called hypertrophy of the cere that causes a projected build up of the keratin that makes up the cere. Read this http://www3.sympatico.ca/davehansen/obstruct.html
November 9, 200915 yr Author There is a condition called hypertrophy of the cere that causes a projected build up of the keratin that makes up the cere. Read this http://www3.sympatico.ca/davehansen/obstruct.html Oh my, that poor bird in that picture! Thankfully it looks nothing like that but they are just sufficiently different from my other females to make me wonder. Thanks
November 9, 200915 yr There is a condition called hypertrophy of the cere that causes a projected build up of the keratin that makes up the cere. Read this http://www3.sympatico.ca/davehansen/obstruct.html Oh my, that poor bird in that picture! Thankfully it looks nothing like that but they are just sufficiently different from my other females to make me wonder. Thanks There is always an extreme version, some affected birds do not look like that either but somewhere in between.
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