Cracked Beak?

[RedWhiteBlue]

Good afternoon,

My Plymouth appears to have a crack in her beak. She’s eating and drinking fine, but I’m afraid the crack may get worse.

I read in my handbook that some beak injuries will grow out on their own. From experience, do y’all think it needs a proper cut?

 

[Newclucker91]

My red sexlink patty has the same problem but on the bottom beak. Never had issues eating or drinking at all. On the top though you may want to ask a vet.

 

[Shadrach]

Do not cut it! You are likely to make the problem worse apart from the pain you will cause by trying to cut that much off a beak.
Get some cyanoacrelate (a type of super glue) and where the fracture runs up the beak, run a seam of glue along it carefully. Let the glue set.
The beak may or may not repair itself. What you can do is take a nail file in a few days time and very carefully file a small amount off the jagged edge. This is something that needs doing bit by bit. File every few days a very very small amount just to take the roungness off.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1166494/