Baby chick has wound under beak (Photo)

[Vickischics]

I think she’ll be fine, but maybe a dab of antibiotic ointment like neosporin would be wise. It almost looks like she poked herself on some wire, like hardware cloth. Is that a possibility?

That's what I was thinking. It looks like her break got poked by something very sharp and hard. Looking very close at the picture, it looks like there is another spot lower on her neck but above the pointer finger. Is that another injury site?

 

[mandymcg05]

That's what I was thinking. It looks like her break got poked by something very sharp and hard. Looking very close at the picture, it looks like there is another spot lower on her neck but above the pointer finger. Is that another injury site?

That was not another site. Just some darker feathers I think. But she is healing great! It’s almost completely gone. Now that you guys mention it I’m 99.9% it was the hardware cloth on the cage. It’s a very good possibility that when the top was off she ran into it. But she’s great now. Thank you guys so much!

 

[Vickischics]

That was not another site. Just some darker feathers I think. But she is healing great! It’s almost completely gone. Now that you guys mention it I’m 99.9% it was the hardware cloth on the cage. It’s a very good possibility that when the top was off she ran into it. But she’s great now. Thank you guys so much!

I am so glad your baby's beak is on the mend and that spot was not another puncture wound. Thank you for the update.