woms,eggs,and beaks

[barredbeans7]

i was wondering if i have chickens with worms can i still eat thier eggs...also i have a blue silkie rooster whos top beak bends to the side...will it keep growing so he wont be able to eat...or will he be ok?

 

[Judy]

It's OK to eat eggs; actually, chickens often have a worm load of one level or another. You may never know it unless there are so many worms it makes them sick. Once in a while a worm does show up in an egg, though; this is abnormal.

Malformed beaks come in many degrees of seriousness; some interfere with eating a lot more than others. Often the chicken needs a wide bowl so he can scoop the food up. Sometimes they do better if the beak is trimmed regularly. You might do a search for crossbeak here.