4 day old with scissored beak

[turnerstar31]

sorry about your chick she was really a cutie. It is hard to have to make that decision. I have a hen who had a cross beak and it is a little extra work but she does pretty good.

 

[dacasodivine]

Bluemoon, thanks.

Ozark, I put the dry ice in a bowl inside a larger bowl that had a lid. I added water to the dry ice and put the lid on the big bowl with Lucy in the big bowl. I believe it's pure Carbon Dioxide? Either way, she just went to sleep.


Turnstar, thanks.

 

[ozark hen]

thanks, I wasn't aware of that. It is good to know a humane way if it needs to happen. Thank you very much for the info.

 

[dutchman]

Here's a pic of Edweana Scissorbeak. I had her for almost a year now. She's not quite as big as the other girls, but she's just as spunky if not more.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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Sorry Danette, sometimes the cross beak is worse in some than others. SilkieChicken had one that had a 90 degree separation, very extreme. I believe if mine had lived, it too would have been on the extreme side. Here's a picture of mine, a few weeks old:

It broke my heart when I found it had died. Like all animals that require special attention, it had taken a piece of my heart. It would always give a happy little squeel whenever I'd put food down for it and it tried so hard to eat with the other babies.