Chick with parrot beak

sammy94901 · Sep 1, 2015

Hi, My 4 week old Mrs Meeps had a very long upper beak which I just trimmed back two days ago. I have also notice a lump underneath her lower beak. She is feathering nicely although not as big as the others. She seems to be stuggling to get her food down or at least nibbles at it differently as the others. Now that her beak is trimmed down will be be able to catch up to the others or should I be supplementing her with another type of food. Could the lump under her lower beak be from hitting it on the feeder trying to eat.

Eggcessive · Sep 1, 2015

Could you post a picture of the lump under her beak? You can try adding water to her feed and placing it in a bowl with high sides to help her get it. Chick starter grower is 20% protein usually, and that is the best thing for her. A small amount of chopped egg is fine for a little boost of protein. The following link is about chickens with scissors beaks, but it has some good details about eating: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/03/scissor-beak-aka-crossed-beak-what-it.html

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