Broken Chicken Beaks

[Kristy N Gus]

This morning I noticed two of my chickens have broken beaks. Both cracks are at the top of their beaks. Neither one is bleeding. Both are still willing to eat. I don't know if I should try super gluing or if I should just monitor them to make sure they continue to eat and drink. One of the cracks goes all the way across. Any advice is welcomed and appreciated!

 

[MissChick@dee]

If it were me I’d leave them. They’ve already begun to heal.
I’d soak their pellets/crumbles so they can actually eat as much as they’d like.
If needed I’d use betadine to flush (it won’t hurt if they ingest it). The head is a hard target to hit using one hand. So someone could hold while you dribble (cotton ball) some over the beak.
Swelling is a sign of infection be sure to watch for that. Did you figure out how the injuries happened?