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Pullet with SEVERELY Twisted Beak

post #1 of 8
9/29/12 at 3:03pm
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I bought a pullet today from the auction. She looked healthy enough as far as body type but I couldn't see her face very well,just enough to make out it was definitely a pullet.  I thought she was around 3-4months but after I got her home I noticed her comb is more red than I would expect a 4month olds to be.

 

Main thing though, I opened the box and found a beautiful girl with a completely TWISTED beak, looks awful. I think she's stunted form not eating enough and I want to know if there's ANYTHING I can do to make things easier for her.  It's obvious that her previous owner was very hands-on with her,she's super sweet and doesn't mind being picked up.

 

Well here's a picture so please give me any input that might help make her more comfortable.

 

 

 

 

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post #2 of 8
9/29/12 at 4:18pm

Scissor / Crossed beak- What it is and How to Manage It

 

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/03/scissor-beak-aka-crossed-beak-what-it.html

 

 

 

Instructions How to feed :

    • 1

      Change the chicken's diet from pellets to mash or crumbles. Mash is a coarse mix of grains ground to a small size. Crumbles are smaller pellets, broken up into pieces.

    • 2

      Feed the chicken from a feeder, not by scattering the food on the ground. Its beak won't close over food on a hard surface. It needs to be able to scoop it up from underneath.



Read more: How to Feed a Scissor Beak Chicken | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7781679_feed-scissor-beak-chicken.html#ixzz27u5ireUT

 

 

http://blog.mypetchicken.com/2012/05/23/cross-beak-scissor-beak/  ALSO this one...

 

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post #3 of 8
9/29/12 at 4:23pm

I'm so sorry about your chicken, it looks quite uncomfortable.  I'm glad you took it home.


Edited by CluckyCharms - 9/29/12 at 4:27pm

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♥White Chantecler preservation to begin Oct. 2014!♥

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I come here for the chicken chatter - keep your personal issues "outta muh face"

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post #4 of 8
9/29/12 at 4:32pm
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Thank you guys for the replies. I am feeding her out of a feeder so she can 'dig in' to eat. I tried some wet mash but she didn't want it and was only interested in the crumbles.I do believe it'sa pullet,it's very pullet-y in shape and feathers. I was hoping it would have been a good quality hen formy breeding project but now she is destined to hang with the layers!

 

I just reallyhope she thrives and the previous owners didn't send her to auction because she was starting to go downhill. I was considering trimming the upper beak but after a closer look it's twisted back up to her face so I don't think it'll help.

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post #5 of 8
9/29/12 at 4:37pm
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Thank you guys for the replies. I am feeding her out of a feeder so she can 'dig in' to eat. I tried some wet mash but she didn't want it and was only interested in the crumbles.I do believe it'sa pullet,it's very pullet-y in shape and feathers. I was hoping it would have been a good quality hen formy breeding project but now she is destined to hang with the layers!

 

I just reallyhope she thrives and the previous owners didn't send her to auction because she was starting to go downhill. I was considering trimming the upper beak but after a closer look it's twisted back up to her face so I don't think it'll help.

 Dont give up hope on the breeding project yet! do your homework, I have heard that it could have been an incubation issue.... but you will have to research actual causes... I have the same pretty hen and she is just the best girl!! her name is Harley lol  Good Luck let me know how she is in a few!!

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post #6 of 8
9/30/12 at 5:07pm

Na, a deep feeder, and she'll be fine. She's very nicely patterned, and I'd say she is just about to point of lay.

At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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post #7 of 8
9/30/12 at 8:51pm
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Herlacing is nice & she has a decent comb besides being really short,but her tail is awfully upright for a Wyandotte. I am kinda thinking shes around POL too,just by looking at her comb/wattles. But she's about half the size of my other GLW girls =/

 

She is getting up on the roost herself and eating & drinking good too.

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post #8 of 8
10/1/12 at 10:29am

She might be a bantam GLW. They are going to be much smaller. Or, It might be that she is just stunted/runty.

At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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