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I already did the deep bowls and beak trimming- cant trim it back any more than we have though, because of the pain level and the bleeding. She has progessed to "the next level"...where the food is packing into her eye. So, right now I am trying to make that horrid decision to put her down. To...

Quote: Thank you, Miss Prissy. I have done what I could for her- and life is about quality, not quantity. My plan is to try and be inventive- through the fall. I know that if I can keep her eye ok, she will do fine through the fall but I do not believe she will do ok for the winter that...

An Update on Ziggy: I am really sad. Ziggy has done quite well for a bit now- managed to have a full crop every time I checked her, and she even has managed to be alpha-chick when I added 18 week old Buff Orps to my group. Standing up tall and proud and chasing them off. She has grown some, and...

Just want to give an update- Ziggy is doing wonderful. Doesnt even look like the same bird, really, except for the beak. She is outside in the pen/coop with the others now...and she forages, even though she really doesnt get anything with foraging- she still goes through the motions. She fills...

Just want to let you all know that I gave them all some EXACT parrot hand-feeding formula. They all went nuts for it. When I mixed it with water, Ziggy wouldnt eat it..but the silkies and showgirls loved it. When I put a bowl of dry in with Ziggy, she ate the powder- quite a bit of it. Nice...

Thanks everyone for the information. I am a technician for a vet who also specializes in birds and exotics- we have had some parrots come in with cross beak...one of the main factors that I brought her home. I thought perhaps I could give her a chance. The parrots are somewhat different though...

Miss Prissy- yep, you are definitely absolutely correct. Let me be a lesson to anyone and everyone who may ever come across a situation like this- DONT TRIM THE BEAK. I am a veterinary technician, and we have had parrots come in to work with beaks similar and though they have to work at it...

I took seven chicks over to my brother in laws farm, and when looking in his pen, a small chick came running up to me. I dont know what kind it is, but it was half the size of its 'siblings'. Given the size they are, they are probably 6-8 weeks old. Further investigation, and I saw its beak...