Beak issue ? Trim it ?

Chickiechick

Songster
10 Years
Apr 18, 2009
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Cottage Grove , Oregon
This is not urgent
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I just noticed my largest ee chick ( guessing around 4 1/2 wks ) has a slight lower beak issue.
This is something new that has cropped up this week.
It appears as though the lower beak tip has grown up a touch more than it should. It still sits behind the upper beak tip when it's beak is closed ( just like the other chickies ) but the lower middle section no longer meets the upper middle section so there is a gap.
Make sense ?
Beak closed, lower beak inside upper, front quarter "appears" closed normally , center section slightly apart when closed. You could slip the thickness of 2 sheets of paper in the current gap section.
Do I need to file down the top front edges of the lower beak to allow correct closure ?
Or just watch and wait ?
I've worked with lots of turtles with simular issues and a beak grinding ( dremel ) was the treatment of choice.
Same for chickens ?
It's eating, active and most definately the largest of the four.
I will try to get photos to share
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Do you have something coarse in the coop and run that these birds can use to keep heir beaks worn down- concrete block, granite rock, patio block, bricks, sandstone...?
I'd try that first. Let the birds keep themselves trimmed when possible.
 
Thanks
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They are still in the brooder but there are coarse chunks of cinder blocks in there.

Photos are proving difficult to get
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Apparently me with a camera looks like food so I'm being rushed by excited chickies thinking it's treat time.
If I hold her she screams none stop and won't close her beak
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