Broken beak on 5 week old chick

[Ecarroll]

This chick broke her beak, unknown how. When I saw her she was being swarmed by the rest of the chicks (because of the blood), I took her out and rinsed it. She is inside with me now, and the break is very small, I am mostly concerned about bullies. Any advice welcome.

 

[Ecarroll]

I have her isolated from the others in my bathtub for now with mashed up food with water and water. What should I do?

 

[Ecarroll]

The front piece fell off, now it is just tender. She is isolated in an old rabbit hutch in the chicken run with moist food and water. I put hydrogen peroxide on her beak and rinsed with water. I think she is drinking but not eating. I’m not sure what I will do overnight, possibly a milk crate in the coop or a something in my bathtub. She was very nervous in my bath tub before so I moved her outside, overnight might be okay though.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hello! She'll be ok. Offer wet mash in a deep cup so that her beak doesn't touch the bottom. Once you can tell she is eating without pain you can reintroduce to the flock.

 

[Ecarroll]

Hello! She'll be ok. Offer wet mash in a deep cup so that her beak doesn't touch the bottom. Once you can tell she is eating without pain you can reintroduce to the flock.

Okay thanks

 

[calychicken]

If she isn't eating, you could try to syringe feed her mashed up/watered down food. This is only if she is weak and needs food. It may be very stressful for her, since she is probably in pain and already stressed from being removed from the brooder.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Might be good to put a friend with her, after her beak scabs up.

 

[Ecarroll]

Might be good to put a friend with her, after her beak scabs up.

I think that would be good. Right now she is just trying to get out of the cage because I let the rest out of there brooder into the coop and run with the hens for integration. Here’s the setup:

But once I let them out one little chick was keeping her company

 

[Ecarroll]

UPDATE
I brought her outside to the grass and she was pecking and eating it with a little difficulty but no pain. So I was confused as to why she was not eating the wet mash in her cage, and when I put her back I gave her a thing of dry food too. Now she is happily and hungrily gobbling it down! I plan to put her back with the rest later today.