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Sorry for your loss.... it does happen, they are more fragile than we want to admit to ourselves. At least you will have learned something with her passing, and it will help you save the life of another later on.

What about gapeworms? Has she been eating slugs?

Hi Everyone! So I finally finished editing together all the great information put out on this thread. You can find the article here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/caring-for-cross-beaked-and-other-special-needs-chickens-including-tube-feeding-techniques Thank you to everyone that...

Gotcha - so it would be trading one eating problem for a different sort of eating problem. Well it was a thought! I think you do have to do it early on anyway.

I agree, it is horrific when done to otherwise healthy birds, but then again, these birds are still able to eat, no? Would it be better or worse for crossbeaks if you cut their beaks off altogether? Would you just have a bird with two misaligned stubs that is completely unable to eat? How do...

I have a further question: how different are birds that have had their beaks severely trimmed, i.e., burned off? I hate that practice, but does it make it easier for them to eat? Is this something that has to be done within the first week after hatching?

By the way, here is my cross-beak Princess Tiana. She is a Wellsummer and about 25wks old at this point. I think she may have laid two eggs already but I can't be positive they were hers. Her beak was pretty normal as a chick, maybe a bit of space between the top and bottom beak, but the top...

Thanks - ok to answer my own post, I started an article today and am basically cutting and pasting together all the wonderful stuff you guys contributed. I can't really add anything about care that hasn't already been said, and besides my crossbeak is pretty mild and so far doesn't need special...

Hey we should write an article on caring for cross beaks to submit to the BYC knowledge pages. Start with feeding, then clipping the beak, then other issues.... I'm in the midst of getting kids out the door for school but wanted to put this out there before I forgot.