Chick with a funky beak

[Henny Hen]

I have a aracauna chick that i purchased a couple of weeks ago. Its beak is abnormal the top beak protrudes
over the bottom part. Is my chicken gonna make it?

 

[CrazyChickLuver]

Can you post a picture or link?

 

[Aeropennchick]

Sounds maybe like cross beak - if he's able to eat alright (which is probable if he's a few weeks old!), he might do just fine in the long run. You can always try to clip or file the longer bit. I haven't done this myself so I can't really help much with the process.

 

[Henny Hen]

I will try to get a pitchure for you. It kind of looks like Mr.Burns on the cartoon The Simpsons.

 

[Aeropennchick]

I will try to get a pitchure for you. It kind of looks like Mr.Burns on the cartoon The Simpsons.

Haha! Well I guess you have a name if he makes it!

 

[Henny Hen]

He seems to eat alright and the other chicks seem to leave him alone. I have him inside still so i not sure what will happen
when he is being introduced to the bigger chicken.

 

[Henny Hen]

Sure enough

 

[CrazyChickLuver]

How much longer is the top beak then the under one? If it isn't too bad then it should be fine. Is the beak misshappen, as in crooked or lumpy?

 

[Henny Hen]

It's quite a bit larger. It's not lumpy or crooked just longer.

 

[CrazyChickLuver]

Well you could always try filing it with a nail file. I have heard of this method but I have never tried it myself.