Beak Trimming

[WVduckchick]

I have a cross beak bantam cochin pullet, I trimmed her beak once when she was younger, but haven’t lately. She seems to eat quite well with it, so I’m somewhat scared to trim, in case she uses it better the way it is.
Not only is her beak crossed, it sits on her face crooked. As many chicks as I’ve hatched from this group of birds, she’s the only bantam cochin I’ve had with a cross beak. So I don’t think it’s genetic, I think it must have been a fluke of incubation (broody hatch). I still won’t hatch any of her eggs once she starts laying.

 

[aart]

Not only is her beak crossed, it sits on her face crooked.

Looks more crooked than crossed.
How old is she?

 

[WVduckchick]

Looks more crooked than crossed.
How old is she?

It overlaps too. She is from one of my broody hatches this past spring/summer.

 

[casportpony]

Poor girl! She's cute in a goofy looking way.

 

[WVduckchick]

Poor girl! She's cute in a goofy looking way.

She’s a really sweet bird too. She will wind up in my non-breeding pen of girls with faults. They are good broodies and their eggs still taste as good.

 

[Amer]

I simply clip with a normal nail clippers, file down the edges, and send him along his way.
(In response to the original post)

 

[Shadrach]

The links below may be of interest to those who advocate trimming beaks with, nail clippers, beak trimmers, hot wires, dremmels, shears, etc.
Now I wouldn’t dream of asking you not to torture your chickens, but..........

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1166494/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159111003285

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-016-1064-4

There are other academic papers in various university libraries on this subject should anyone care to look.

 

[casportpony]

He needs his beak trimmed again!

 

[casportpony]

Here are a couple of close-ups

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My older rooster would need yearly trimmings too. Unfortunately I lost him to that darn fox last year.