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- Jan 28, 2020
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I have a 6 week old chick with cross beak, pretty noticeable, although she seems to be eating and drinking pretty well so far...any tips for keeping her alive and healthy?
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wow...thankfully my pullet is not nearly that severe of a crossbeak. She just is a little offset. I know in parrots, you can keep the beak trimmed enough for them to still eat normally, so we are working on making her friendly enough that we will be able to keep her beak ground down.
the hen in this article seems similar to our girl's situation. We already feed in a high sided bowl, so that will help, and the water should be easy enough. We will keep her trimmed and hope for the best.Crossbeaks can get worse with growing up, and they may need feed put in a bowl with high sides. Sometimes wetting the feed, made fresh every day, can help them get enough to eat. You can Google a number of articles about cross beak chicken care, but her is a good one:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/scissor-beak-aka-crossed-beak-what-it/
I haven’t raised any with cross beak, but some have made some repairs to cracked beaks with tea bag paper and superglue. Glad that your chick is able to eat and drink. Wetting some small amounts of food can be helpful if they have trouble.I am caring for a 5 week old Speckled Sussex pullet with crossbeak. Today was my first time to Dremmel her beak. It was very easy to do. Has anyone ever made an "appliance" to attempt to correct the beak? My girl appears to be able to eat and drink just fine and is of similar size to the other chicks.