Crooked Beak. Anyone seen this before?

[YoungHen]

is scissor beak the same as cross beak??
if so don't most chickens live healthy with that and i think someone
said just clean it from time to time
Georgie xx

 

[risadawn]

My one regret w/ Pip chicken is that I didn't immediately start her on a chicken vitamin. I can't say definitively but my *fear* as she grew was that some of the problems we encountered could have been prevented or lessened by a vitamin supplement early on, before I knew how or if it would become severe. You may have already found it, but there is a thread for owners: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-for-special-needs-chickens-and-their-keepers

I hadn't found that. Thank you! Where did you get your vitamin supplement and is there a specific name I should be looking for?

 

[risadawn]

is scissor beak the same as cross beak??
if so don't most chickens live healthy with that and i think someone
said just clean it from time to time
Georgie xx

From what I'm reading they do take extra care and feeding them means special attention depending on the severity.

 

[TeamChaos]

The only vitamin I've used w/ my chickens so far is the polyvisol without iron, as recommended by folks on this board. I think in Pip's case, I should've looked into one of the parrot hand feeding supplements... I don't know if it would have been right, but worth a read.

 

[AlpineButterfly]

How is Tomato doing? Did her beak get worse, or offset?

My black frizzle cochin bantam is almost 4 weeks old. Over the last week or two I have noticed her beak is getting crooked. So far, it seems like both beaks are aligned. Do any of you have experience with this? Any suggestions for what I should do for her?






She seems to be eating and drinking ok so far... growing along with her flockmates (easter egger bantams... she's the only cochin bantam).