beak trimming

Hello! Im not sure if I made a mistake or not, but I noticed one of my jersey giants (5 weeks old) had her stuck a little open and her top beak looked pretty long. I decided to give it a little trim, something I’ve done before, but when I did it now looks like her top beak is a tad shorter than...

Tldr: How long does it take for the quick to receed after trimming? Hello! I recently adopted a crossbeak, and while without any beak intervention by her pervious owner for the past 1.5 years, I just know with some maintenance she can really thrive. I gave her a trim not long after we got her...

Hello, new to post but have been following along on this forum for a while! We're raising 19 chicks and one of our australorps has had an overgrown beak since 2 weeks of age and after trimming it tonight it started bleeding immediately. We applied styptic powder along with Vetericyn and placed...

Hello! When my broody hen finally stopped being broody today I noticed her top beak and almost something hanging on it upon further inspection I found her top beak has grown larger than it should. It isn’t impeding her eating horribly she can still eat but I’m sure she would say other wise...

I have a rescue chicken who's got no top beak, and the other one is overgrown and crooked. She hates being held down, hates her head being touched, and the combo makes it worse. Is there any suggestions to make it easier, how much I should try to correct her beak. Thanks I know this is a strange...

Our girl has a pretty gnarly scissor beak (and , and we've generally speaking done really good when it comes to making accommodations for her. Last time I tried to trim her beak, I used a pair of dog nail clippers and started a bleed that I thought nearly killed her. I could just be overly...

Hello 👋 Can anyone give some advice for trimming beaks? I've had chickens for years, but this is the first time I've ever had one with a bit of an underbite. She seems to get along fine, I just don't want it to become advanced to where it affects her well being. TIA!

In your experiences is this a mild or severe case of scissor beak for a week old chick? Just came on in the past day or two and so far is still eating and drinking... would trimming/filing even help anything if she is eating/drinking/opening&closing beak without issue???I

So hopefully I'm in the right place and can get this photo posted. I have a 6 week old EE, Hula Girl aka Hawkeye, that started developing what looked to be crossbeak aka scissorbeak at about 3 weeks old. I initially got an electric nail file and filed it down as much as I could. It seemed like...

I need to clean some dried gunk from his nostrils and suspect his beak may need trimming. He's a pet, lets me hug him and kiss him, when he is in the mood, but does not like his head being restrained. Are there any techniques that wouldn't be too traumatizing?

I have four hens in my backyard coop; two Easter-Eggers, a Barred Rock, and a Rhode Island Red. All of them came from my local feed store, which sources their chicks from a local farmer. They are about to turn 6 months old. About a month ago, I noticed one of my EEs, Audre, had a crossed beak. I...

I've been reading BYC for months, but I finally bit the bullet (or perhaps "bit the bug" is more appropriate in this context)! I have four hens in my backyard coop just outside Denver, Colorado. We've got two Easter-Eggers, a Barred Rock, and a Rhode Island Red. All of them came from my local...

Hi, So I have been showing chickens for a long time but have never trimmed there beaks. It just never seemed nessacery and I didn't want to risk messing them up. But recently my favorite show birds beak seems to have gotten really long. I think I probably should trim it but I'm not sure of the...