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I just recently noticed my canary has a slight pinkish or red colouring around her beak (the area where the beak meets the feathers). Is this just her skin showing through that area? I'm not sure if its normal as well, but it looks like a new feather is coming out of that area and growing out past the point where the feathers meet the beak.

Yes it might be skin. Make sure that no other bird has been bullying her.

Birdlover2018 I've noticed it can be from cuttle bone my large British zebra hen does this and she rubs on the cuttle bon when eating and it causes this